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Nanumba people information


Nanumba people
Total population
78,812 (2000)
Languages
Nanugli, French
Religion
Islam, Christianity, Traditionalism
Related ethnic groups
Mole-Dagbon people

The Nanumba people are an ethnic group whose traditional homeland is in the southeast of the Northern Region of Ghana. They speak Nanugli (var. Nanuni), a Gur language.[2][3]

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  2. ^ A. K. Awedoba (2010). An Ethnographic Study of Northern Ghanaian Conflicts: Towards a Sustainable Peace : Key Aspects of Past, Present, and Impending Conflicts in Northern Ghana and the Mechanisms for Their Address. African Books Collective. p. 321. ISBN 9789988647384.
  3. ^ Wundow, Salifu [2nd. edn.] p.1 (2004). ŋmampurugu Piiligu Yala. G.I.L.L.B.T.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Territory located in Ghana. Traditional authority of the Nanumba people. Ghana Gold Coast Lists of office-holders...

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Dominic Nitiwul

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was due to the protracted tribal dispute between the Konkomba people and the Nanumba people. He has served on many committees in both the Ghanaian parliament...

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Scarification in Africa

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increasingly stigmatized. The Dagomba, Frafra, Gonja, Mamprusi, and Nanumba peoples in the northern region of Ghana practice a form of scarification. Rather...

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Languages of Ghana

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the same ethnic group are usually mutually intelligible. The Dagbanli, Nanumba and Mamprusi languages of Northern Region, are almost the same and, are...

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Dagomba people

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people. The term Dagbamba is originally extended to refer to other related peoples who were unified by Naa Gbewaa including the Mamprusi and Nanumba....

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Mamprusi people

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(Mole—Dagbamba) ethnic group: Mamprusi, Dagomba, Nanumba, and Moshie. The majority of the Mamprusi people are now adherents of Islam. The Mamprusi began...

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Ghana

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ethnic groups, including the Nanumba, Dagomba and Gonja, between 1,000 and 2,000 people were killed and 150,000 people were displaced. After the 2000...

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Laliri George Maban

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Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education in the Nanumba South District.  Maban entered parliament on 7 January 2013 on the ticket...

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Kingdom of Dagbon

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histories of the kingdoms of Dagbon and the kingdoms of the Mamprugu and Nanumba, as their first king, founding their ruling dynasties through these sons...

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Yakubu II

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List of festivals in Ghana

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guidance and protection National and political significance. Prominent people in the government are invited to explain government policies and programmes...

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Bawku

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The "tomb" of, Naa Gbewaa, the founder of the Mamprusi, Dagomba, and Nanumba tribes, is located just a few kilometers from Bawku in Pusiga in the Upper...

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Salifu Saeed

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in February 2017. Saeed is a former District Chief Executive (DCE) of Nanumba-South who was born on 28 December 1978. He comes from Bimbila. Salifu Saeed...

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Districts of Ghana

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Retrieved 23 December 2020. "Nanumba North Municipal Assembly". ghanadistricts.gov.gh. Retrieved 23 December 2020. "Nanumba South District Assembly". ghanadistricts...

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1892 Sack of Salaga

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A rebellion led by Kabachewura Isifa and assisted by his Dagomba and Nanumba allies overthrew Kpembewura Napo who died in exile in the same year. Yaa...

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Agbogbloshie

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1980s, the ghetto was a place of shelter for refugees from the Konkomba-Nanumba war. In the late 1990s, newly available electricity from the Akosombo Dam...

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List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history

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Kasa/Kasanga Kingdom (15th century-1830 AD) Ado Kingdom (15th century-1891 AD) Nanumba Kingdom (15th century AD-?) (Bimbilla) Asebu Kingdom (15th century AD-...

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Naa Gbewaa

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2023-10-21. "PEACE EDUCATION AS CORRELATE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NANUMBA NORTH (Bimbilla) DISTRICT IN NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA" (PDF). "History...

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Zakari Ziblim

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representing Nanumba constituency in the Northern Region under the membership of the Progress Party (PP). Ziblim was born on 3 April 1925 and lived in Nanumba a...

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List of football clubs in Ghana

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Royals FC Najman Club Nania F.C. NASCO International Sports Club Website Nanumba Nationals Neoplan F.C. Neoplan Stars (Bekwai) Network Football Academy...

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Timeline of Ghanaian history

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the Northern Region after a tribal conflict between the Konkomba and the Nanumba ethnic groups over land ownership. 1994 - They later sign peace agreements...

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Bugum Chugu

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are Gur: Mamprusi, Nanumba, Gonja, Waala and Chakosi/Anufo. One may argue[citation needed] that because they are among the Gur people that they adopted...

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Saani Iddi

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Region of Ghana. Saani was also a former district chief executive of the Nanumba South District. Iddi was born on May 26, 1956, and hails from Wulensi in...

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Konkomba people

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