Coromantee

For the songs named after the Coromantee people, see Koromanti.
Coromantee
Coromantins, Kromanti, Kromantse
Leonard Parkinson, Maroon leader, Jamaica, 1796. Engraving by Abraham Raimbach.
Regions with significant populations
Ghana, Jamaica, Suriname
Languages
Current
Jamaican English, French, Jamaican Patois, Maroon Spirit language
Historical
Akan, Twi
Religion
(originally) Kumfu, Obeah; (presently) Christianity and Revivalism
Related ethnic groups
Akan, Fanti, Ashanti, Afro-Jamaicans

Coromantee, Coromantin, Coromanti, Kormantine, Kromantyn or Kromanti (derived from the name of the Ghanaian slave fort Fort Kormantine in the Ghanaian town of Kormantse, Central Ghana) is an English-language term for enslaved people from the Akan ethnic group, taken from the Gold Coast region in modern-day Ghana.

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