Dagomba people
The homeland of the Dagombas is called Dagbon and covers about 20,000 km 2 in area. Much of the area Mamprusi , Nanumba, Gonja , Mossi , Gurunsi (in particular the Frafra and Kusasi peoples), the Waala and Ligbi. The area constitutes seven administrative districts in present-day Ghana. These are the Tamale Municipality, Tolon/Kumbungu, Savelugu/Nantong, Yendi, Gushegu/Karaga, Zabzugu/Tatali. The overlord of the Dagbon Traditional Kingdom is the Ya-Na, whose court and administrative capital is at Yendi . Dagbon as a kingdom has never been subjugated until it was incorporated as a territory of the Gold Coast government. The Dagbon Kingdom has traditional administrative responsibilities hitherto acephalous groups like the Konkomba, Bimoba, Chekosi, Basaari, Chamba, Wala, Gurusi and Zantasi. The seat of the Ya-Na (literally translated as King of Absolute Power) is a collection of cow skins. Thus the Dagbon or its political system is often called the Yendi Skin (not t...