Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Nzema are an Akan people numbering about 328700 of whom 262000 live in southwestern Ghana and 66700 live in the southeast of Côte d’Ivoire. In Ghana the Nzema area is divided into two electoral districts of Nzema East District and Nzema West which is also referred to as Jomoro District of Ghana. Their language is also known as Nzima (in Ghana) or Appolo (in the Ivory Coast). The Nzema are mostly farmers.