The Mossi-Dagbon, also called Mabia, or Mole-Dagbon are a meta-ethnicity and western Oti-Volta 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 30 million.[4] The Mole/Mossi/Moore people are located primarily in Burkina Faso while Dagbon is in Ghana. Previously, the term Gur was used, Mabia has been used to refer to the linguistic supercluster.
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The Mabia ethnic group include the following peoples:
Notable Mabia people edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zakaria Alhassan & Samuel Duodu (6 November 2014). "Dagbon celebrates Fire Festival". Graphic.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ Hardi, Ibrahim (30 August 2014). "Dagbon first encounter with the white man". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ "Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa – Galda-Verlag". Retrieved 2024-05-05.