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  • The Americans asked Adja why his government was hostile to American ships, even though there had been no provocation.

    Poll: More Favor Congressional Defunding Of War Than Oppose It 2009

  • Ethnic groups: Fon and related 39.2%, Adja and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%, other 1.6% (includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9% (2002 census)

    Benin 2008

  • BeninFon and related 39.2%, Adja and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%, other 1.6% (includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9% (2002 census)

    Ethnic groups 2008

  • Wander around, and you're likely to spot Adja (ph) warriors practicing their moves, and bump into real working livestock.

    CNN Transcript May 19, 2007 2007

  • In Benin's Mono Province bordering Togo, the Adja people practice an improved-fallow system involving the replacement of the traditional bush fallow by densely planted oil palms (Elaeis guineensis).

    1. Tree products in agroecosystems: economic and policy issues. 1992

  • My advice, said Shiboob, is, that you depart for the mountains of Adja and Selma, for they are even more inaccessible and stronger than the mountains of Radm: and when you are there, no evil can affect you.

    Antar : 1820

  • Hidjar questioned them about the Absians, and when they informed him of their flight to the mountains of Adja and

    Antar : 1820

  • As soon as they heard this intelligence, they sent to inquire news of the Absians; but finding they had already removed to the mountains of Adja and

    Antar : 1820

  • She gets her supplies from the Houègbo market and from the Adja plateau in Mono Province.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • She gets her supplies from the Houègbo market and from the Adja plateau in Mono Province.

    Kiva Loans 2010

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