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- Dagomba_people abstract "The Dagombas are ethnic group of the Kingdom of Dagbon (Northern Ghana) and they number about 825,736 (2002). They inhabit the Northern Region of the Kingdom of Dagbon (Northern Ghana) in 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. There are around 1 million speakers of the Dagbani. The Dagomba are historically related to the Mossi. The More/Mossi now have their homeland in present-day Burkina Faso. The homeland of the Dagomba is called Dagbon and covers about 20,000 km2 in area.Na Gbewa is regarded as the founder of Dagbon. Dagomba are one of the ethnic groups with a sophisticated oral tradition woven around drums and other musical instruments. Thus most of its history, until quite recently, has been passed down via oral tradition with drummers as professional griots. According to oral tradition, the political history of Dagbon has its genesis in the lifestory of a legend called Tohazie (translated as \"red hunter\").Dagomba culture is heavily influenced by Islam, brought to the region by Soninke (known as Wangara by Ghanaians) traders between the 12th to 15th centuries. Since the time of Naa Zangina, Islam has been the state religion and Islam seems to be growing rapidly ever since. The reformist activities of Afa Anjura in the middle of the twentieth century caused entire communities to embrace the Islamic religion en masse. Inheritance is patrilineal. Important festivals include the Damba, Bugum (fire festival) and the Islamic Eid festivals. The main settlement of Dagombas is Tamale, which also serves as the Northern Regional capital.The Mossi and Dagomba states are among the great West African medieval empires. Beginning in the 12th century, they eventually ruled the lands of the entire northern Volta basin, which today includes all of northern Ghana and Burkina Faso. During their second northern expansion, the Mossi invasion reached eastern Maasina and Lake Débo c. l400, Benka in c. 1433 and Walata in 1477-83. (These empires were in present-day Mali). According to Dr Illiasu (1971) in his work The Origins of the Mossi-Dagomba states, the second period of the Mossi-Dagomba success came to an end with the restoration of Imperial Songhai power towards the close of the 15th century. Although the Mossi-Dagomba states have the same grandfather (Na Gbewa), the Dagomba are traditionally regarded as \"senior\" to the Mossi states of Ouagadougou, Yatenga and Fada N'Gourma.".
- Dagomba_people language Dagbani_language.
- Dagomba_people language Hausa_language.
- Dagomba_people language Mossi_language.
- Dagomba_people populationPlace Ghana.
- Dagomba_people populationPlace Kingdom_of_Dagbon.
- Dagomba_people related Frafra_people.
- Dagomba_people related Gur_languages.
- Dagomba_people related Gurunsi_peoples.
- Dagomba_people related Mamprusi_people.
- Dagomba_people related Mossi_people.
- Dagomba_people religion Christian.
- Dagomba_people religion Muslim.
- Dagomba_people religion Sunni_Islam.
- Dagomba_people thumbnail SamataAngelAward08.jpg?width=300.
- Dagomba_people totalPopulation "931000".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageID "881243".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageLength "7774".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageOutDegree "76".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageRevisionID "705812645".
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- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dagbon.
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- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_monarchies_of_Africa.
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- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Muslim_communities_in_Africa.
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- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Islam.
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- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Notable_Dagombas.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Ras_Mubarak.
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- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Saeed_Abubakr_Zakaria.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Sahel.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Samata_(Entrepreneur).
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Savanna.
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- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Sudan_(region).
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Sunni_Islam.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Tamale,_Ghana.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink University_for_Development_Studies.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Yakubu_II.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Yendi.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink Yusuf_Soalih_Ajura.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLink File:The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-43-87-1-001.jpg.
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Abdulai Mahama IV".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagbamba".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagbani".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagbon Kingdom".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagbon".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagoma".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagomba people".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagomba people#Kingdom of Dagbon".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagomba".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Dagombas".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "King of Dagbamba".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kingdom of Dagbon".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mole-Dagbani".
- Dagomba_people wikiPageWikiLinkText "Overlord of Dagbɔŋ".
- Dagomba_people date "June 2015".
- Dagomba_people dupe "Notable Dagombas".
- Dagomba_people group "Dagombas".
- Dagomba_people langs Dagbani_language.
- Dagomba_people langs Hausa_language.
- Dagomba_people langs Mossi_language.
- Dagomba_people popplace "Kingdom of Dagbon, Northern Ghana".
- Dagomba_people poptime "931000".
- Dagomba_people related "Mossi, Mamprusi, Frafra, Gurunsi, other Gur peoples".
- Dagomba_people rels "Sunni Islam, with several Christian and Muslim minorities.".
- Dagomba_people section "yes".