Kusaasi

E916956

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ