Gurunsi

E588475

ethnic group people

The Gurunsi are a group of closely related ethnic communities in northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, known for their distinctive mud-brick architecture, rich artistic traditions, and agrarian way of life.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gurene-Frafra	1
Gurunsi canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ people ⓘ
artForm	mask carving ⓘ pottery ⓘ wall painting ⓘ weaving ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana ⓘ
culturalRegion	Volta Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicSubgroup	Frafra (sometimes classified) ⓘ Kasena NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyele NERFINISHED ⓘ Nankani NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuni NERFINISHED ⓘ Sisaala (sometimes associated) ⓘ
housingMaterial	mud-brick ⓘ thatch ⓘ
knownFor	agrarian way of life ⓘ geometric wall murals ⓘ mud-brick architecture ⓘ painted earthen houses ⓘ rich artistic traditions ⓘ
languageFamily	Gur languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
livelihood	small-scale animal husbandry ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Ghana ⓘ southern Burkina Faso ⓘ
mainCrops	groundnut ⓘ maize ⓘ millet ⓘ sorghum ⓘ yam ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups	Dagaaba NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagomba NERFINISHED ⓘ Mossi NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalOrganization	councils of elders ⓘ village chiefs ⓘ
region	Centre-Ouest Region of Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Centre-Sud Region of Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Plateau-Central Region of Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper East Region of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper West Region of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ
ritualPractice	ancestor veneration ⓘ initiation rites ⓘ
socialOrganization	clan-based ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	subsistence agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Upper East Region → ethnicGroup → Gurunsi ⓘ

Frafra language → hasAlternativeName → Gurunsi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gurene-Frafra