Nafana people

The Nafana are an isolated Senufo people living east of Bondoukou.

The Nafana are a Senufo people living in the north-west of Ghana and the north-east of Côte d'Ivoire, in the area east of Bonduku. They number about 45, 000 (SIL/GILLBT 1992) and they speak Nafaanra, a Senufo language.

The Nafana people relate that they come from Cote d'Ivoire, from a village called Kakala. According to Jordan (1978), their oral history says that some of their people are still there, and if they go back they won't be allowed to leave again. They arrived in the Banda area after the Ligbi people, who according to Stahl (2004) came from Bigu (Begho, Bighu) to the area in the early 17th century.town or Some major towns of the Nafana people are Sampa,Kokoa, Duadaso No 1, Duadaso No 2, Jamera, and Kabile which are in the Jaman North District. Brodi and Debibi are in the Tain District. The people are mainly farmers. Their major Festival is the Sumgbee Festival celebrated annually.

Bibliography

• Pitt, Walter (1926) 'The Mfantera', Gold Coast Review 2/1: 71–77.
• Stahl, Ann (2004). "Making history in Banda: Reflections on the construction of Africa's past", in Historical Archaeology, 38, 1, 50–56.