Yeji

Yeji lies on the southern side of the Volta, in a region inhabited by Chumburu-speaking communities as well as Gonja and Konkomba. Local traditions recall settlements along the river and the crossings that linked them with the country to the north. The Yeji lands came under Asante influence as that power expanded into the Volta basin. Routes through the area also connected the forest country with Salaga, a great inland market where traders and captives passed between the savanna and the south.