Dagaaba

E528358
ethnic group

The Dagaaba are an ethnic group of northwestern Ghana and neighboring Burkina Faso, known for their agrarian lifestyle, rich oral traditions, and distinctive Dagaare language.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dagaare 2
Central Dagaare 1
Dagaaba canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalCycle rain-fed farming ⓘ
architectureMaterial mud ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
climateZone Sudan savanna ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
countryMinorityStatus ethnic minority in Burkina Faso ⓘ
ethnic minority in Ghana ⓘ
crop groundnut ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yam ⓘ
culturalFeature folktales ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
proverb use ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
economicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
housing compound houses ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Dagaare NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
marriageSystem bridewealth ⓘ
music xylophone music ⓘ
musicalInstrument drums ⓘ
gyil ⓘ
notableTown Jirapa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nandom NERFINISHED ⓘ
oralTraditionFunction moral education ⓘ
transmission of history ⓘ
politicalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
village councils ⓘ
primarySubsistence agriculture ⓘ
region northwestern Ghana ⓘ
southwestern Burkina Faso ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
earth shrine worship ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper West Region → hasEthnicGroup → Dagaaba ⓘ
Mooré → closelyRelatedTo → Dagaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dagaare
Voltaic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Dagaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dagaare
Dagaare language → hasDialect → Dagaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Dagaare