Kusasi_people

Kusasi people

Kusasi people

Ethnic group in Ghana

The Kusasi, Kusaasi, or the Kusaal people, are an ethnic group in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso. They speak the Kusaal language, which is a Gur language.[1]

A Kusasi home

Festival

The Kusaasi celebrate the Samanpiid Festival.[2] The festival is used to thank God for a bumper harvest during the farming season.[2][3] The festival was first celebrated in 1987.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Kusaal language. Ethnologue.com.
  2. [2]
    "Rawlings calls for cabinet reshuffle". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Mahama's appointees not correct - Rawlings". myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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