Ebrie

As groups of Akan groups enter the north into Côte d'Ivoire, successive waves of Akan groups are invading the south of the country, among them the Ebrié, which settle around the lagoon to which they have given their name, a lagoon that opens to the Ocean, bathe Abidjan and served as a link between the different neighborhoods of the city. The Ebrié group is composed of nine fratries, Yopugon, Akuedo and Bidjan being among the most important and distributed by several dozens of villages. They are mostly Christians, Catholics and Protestants, although Harrismo, a syncretist religion created by the prophet Harris, plays an important role. They practice agriculture, the typical products of the area and, like all lagoons, also fishing. For them a generation consists of fifteen years and includes those who have been born in that space of time, men or women. Each generation has four age classes. The entire generation cycle is sixty years. The patrilineal regime imposes that the child at birth belongs to the father who must give him a name and begin to educate him and when he begins to grow he is given for his education to the maternal family, matrilineal regime. All drunks are equal in rights. The feast of the generation, three centuries old, or Fatchué is very important. It is the party of initiation that marks the passage of young people, boys and girls, to the age class of gives way to another generation. Some move from adolescence to adulthood and others to maturity, which will give the latter the right to have a voice in assemblies. Needless to say, at this party everyone wears their best and most eye-catching galas.