Kassena | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana and Burkina Faso | |
| Languages | |
| Kasem, French, English | |
| Religion | |
| Kassena Religion Islam and Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Gurunsi Peoples |
The Kassena people are an ethnic group located along the northern Ghana and Burkina Faso border. They speak the Kasem language. Their king lives in the town of Tiébélé. The Kasenna are closely related to the people of Nankanni and were brought together to form the Kassena-Nankana administrative district in 1936.[1] As of 2008 the (Kassena-Nankana) area comprises two districts: Kassena Nankana West and Kassena Nankana East.[2][3]
- ^ Austin, Dennis (1976). Ghana Observed: Essays on the Politics of a West African Republic. Manchester University Press. pp. 72. ISBN 9780841902787.
- ^ Koram, Kwadwo A.; Ahorlu, Collins K. (2014). Towards Effective Disease Control in Ghana: Research and Policy Implications: Volume 2 Other Infectious Diseases and Health Systems. Sub-Saharan Publishers. p. 264. ISBN 9789988647629.
- ^ Awedoba, A. K. (2010). An Ethnographic Study of Northern Ghanaian Conflicts: Towards a Sustainable Peace : Key Aspects of Past, Present and Impending Conflicts in Northern Ghana and the Mechanisms for Their Address. African Books Collective. p. 289.