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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Ethnic groups in Ghana, Fula people, Dagomba, Dyula people, Yoruba people, Akyem, Soninke people, Ewe people, Ashanti people, Hausa people, Jakhanke people, Ga people, Dagaaba people, Anlo Ewe, Chinese people in Ghana, Kusasi people, Tabom people, Akuapem, Zarma people, Frafra people, Tallensi, Bissa people, Ahanta, House of Israel, Gurunsi peoples, Fante people, Logba people, Nzema people, Gonja, Efutu, Chokosi, Mamprusi people, Nafana people, Wala people, Abron, Karamogo, Avatime, Assin, Abidji, Ahafo, Evalue, Tshi, Guang people. Excerpt: The Dagomba are an ethnic group of Northern Ghana. They inhabit the sparse savanna region below the sahelian belt, known as the Sudan. They speak the Dagbani language which belongs to the More-Dagbani sub-group of Gur languages. The More/Mossi now have their homeland in present day Burkina Faso, while the Dagbani sub-group today has broken up into three ethnic groups: the Dagbamba, the Mamprusi and the Nanumba. Even though these groups today constitute three apparently distinct ethnic groups, their people still identify with each other and the bond is strongest among the Dagbamba and Nanumba. The homeland of the Dagbamba is called Dagbon and covers about 20,000 km2 in area and has a total population of about 8,655,700. Tribes that have also inhabited Dagbon include the Mamprusi, Nanumba, Gonja, Mossi, Gurunsi (in particular the Frafra and Kusasi subgroups), the Waala, Ligbi and Konkomba. The area constitutes seven administrative districts in present day Ghana. These are the Tamale Municipality, Tolon/Kumbungu, Savelugu/Nantong, Yendi, Gushegu/Karaga, Zabzugu/Tatali and Saboba/Cheriponi. The overlord the Dagbon Traditional Kingdom is the Ya- Na, whose court and administrative capital is at Yendi. Yendi is reputed to be the largest village in West Africa. The Dagbon Kingdom has tra...
