Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Abbé (or Abbey or Abbay) are an Akan people who live predominately in the Ivory Coast and number 580000. Abbés speak the Akan dialect Abé.Abbés populations or Abbeys (or Béssouffouè in the Akan language dialect Baoulé) were the warriors of the left wing of the army of Queen Pokou. The Abbés are an Akan people originating in Ghana from where they migrated to Ivory Coast in the 17th and 18th centuries.Abbés live mainly in the Ivorian region of Agboville 79 km north of Abidjan.