Kusaasi

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The Kusaasi are an ethnic group of northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, known for their distinct cultural traditions and as native speakers of the Kusaal language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kusaasi canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
clanStructure patrilineal clans
continent Africa
country Burkina Faso
Ghana
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
initiation rites
seasonal agricultural festivals
ethnicGroupOf Burkina Faso
Ghana
ethnologueLanguageCode kus
hasOralTradition folktales
praise poetry
proverbs
languageAlternateName Kusaal
Kusasi
languageFamily Gur languages
mainLanguageRegion Upper East Region of Ghana
mainTown Bawku
nativeLanguage Kusaal language
neighboringEthnicGroup Bimoba
Bissa
Frafra
Mamprusi
linked to: Mamprusi people

Mossi
region northern Ghana
southern Burkina Faso
religion Christianity
Islam
socialOrganization chiefdoms
traditionalArchitecture earthen compounds
traditionalArt body scarification (historically)
traditionalCalendarEvent harvest festivals
traditionalCrop groundnuts
maize
millet
sorghum
traditionalDance warrior dances
traditionalLivestock cattle
goats
poultry
sheep
traditionalMusic drumming
xylophone music
traditionalOccupation subsistence farming
traditionalReligion indigenous Kusaasi religion
traditionalSettlementType rural villages
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (4)

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

Kusaal language ethnicGroup Kusaasi
Koussassé hasEthnicGroup Kusaasi
Kusaal ethnicGroup Kusaasi