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I believe the answer is:

ashanti

(Other definitions for ashanti that I've seen before include "Ghanaian tribe" , "Ghanaian people and language" , "Ghanaians" , "African people, mainly in Ghana" , "West African tribe" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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