The Kusasi, Kusaasi, or the Kusaal people, are an ethnic group primarily located in the Bawku Traditional Area of Ghana's Upper East Region, with an estimated population of around 723,000. They are the second-largest ethnic group in Ghana's Northern sector and have a significant presence in southern Burkina Faso. The Kusasi speak the Kusaal language, a Gur language, and are considered indigenous to the eastern part of the Upper East Region.[1] They occupy six administrative districts in the area. Thus, Bawku Central, Bawku West, Pusiga, Garu, Binduri, and Tempane districts, and Bawku as their capital. Their overlord is Zugraan Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, who ascended the throne in 1984. Religiously, the Kusasi predominantly follow Christianity, Islam, and traditional beliefs.
Festival
[edit]The Kusaasi celebrate the Samanpiid Festival,[2] which serves as a time to give thanks to God for a bountiful harvest during the farming season.[2][3] This festival was first celebrated in 1987.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kusaal language. Ethnologue.com.
- ^ a b "Rawlings calls for cabinet reshuffle". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Mahama's appointees not correct - Rawlings". myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
External links
[edit]- Kusaal, Ghana. Joshua Project. Page Last Modified: 28-May-2009.
- Ghana: Kusasi Opinion Leaders Attribute Recent Violence in Bawku to Armed Robbers. Baba Kofi Yaro, Public Agenda (Accra) 8 May 2009.
- The Peoples Of Northern Ghana. National Commission On Culture of the government of Ghana.
- Ethnicity in Ghana: the limits of invention. Carola Lentz, Paul Nugent Eds. Palgrave Macmillan, 2000 ISBN 0-312-22405-2 pp. 57–67
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