Mole-Dagbon_people

Mole-Dagbon people

Mole-Dagbon people

Ethnic group in West Africa

The Mole-Dagbon, also called Mossi-Dagbon or Mole-Dagbani are a meta-ethnicity and western Oti-Volta Gur ethno-linguistic group residing in six present-day West Africa countries namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo.[1][2][3] They number more than 15 million. The Mole/Mossi/Moore people are located primarily in Burkina Faso while Dagbon is in Ghana.

Notable People

Naa Gbewaa

Thomas Sankara

Aliu Mahama

Blaise Compaoré

Haruna Iddrisu

Maurice Yaméogo

Mahamudu Bawumia

Sherifa Gunu

Samata Angel

Ibrahim Mahama (artist)

Susanna Al-Hassan

Inusah Fuseini

Yusuf Soalih Ajura

Hamza Mohammed

Fancy Gadam

Maccasio

Ibrahim Bancé

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba


References

  1. [1]
    Abudulai Yakubu (2006). The Abudu-Andani crisis of Dagbon: a historical and legal perspective of the Yendi skin affairs. MPC Ltd. p. 152. ISBN 998803251X.
  2. [2]
    Zakaria Alhassan & Samuel Duodu (6 November 2014). "Dagbon celebrates Fire Festival". Graphic.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  3. [3]
    Hardi, Ibrahim (30 August 2014). "Dagbon first encounter with the white man". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
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