Gen-Mina people

This article is about the modern-day Togolese and Beninese people. For other West African peoples historically called Mina, see Mina (historical ethnic term) § Usage in Africa. For other uses, see Mina people (disambiguation).
Gen-Mina
Guen/Guin-Mina
Mina woman and child from Agoué (1900)
Total population
Over 150,000 (1996)
Regions with significant populations
 Togo25,937 (2010)
 Benin11,686 (2013)
Languages
Waci, Gen, French
Religion
Christianity and traditional religions (Tchamba Vodun)
Related ethnic groups
Ga people, Mina people (the Americas)

The Gen-Mina people (French: Guin-Mina), commonly referred to simply as Mina, are a closely linked West African ethnic group who inhabit parts of coastal Togo and Benin. Gen-Mina is a collective ethnic identity of two distinct peoples: the Gen and the Mina. The Gen-Mina primarily live in the Togolese cantons of Aného and Glidji, which they founded in the 17th century, but communities are also present in Agbodrafo and Agoué.

There is evidence that some groups of Mina in the Americas, a distinct group of enslaved Africans and their descendants in North and South America, share ancestry with the Gen-Mina.

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