Mole-Dagbon people
Ethnic group in West Africa
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The Mole-Dagbon, also called Mabia, or Mossi-Dagbon are a meta-ethnicity and western Oti–Volta ethno-linguistic group residing in six present-day West Africa countries namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo.[1][2][3] They number more than 45 million.[4] The Mole/Mossi/Moore people are located primarily in Burkina Faso while over lord Dagbon is in Ghana. Previously, the term Gur was used, Mabia has been used to refer to the linguistic supercluster.


Ethnic constitution
Notable Mabia people
Historical Leaders
Footballers
Personalities
- Alban Bagbin: Ghana Politician and Speaker of Ghana parliament
- Yusuf Soalih Ajura
- Susanna Al-Hassan
- Habib Iddrisu
- Ibrahim Bancé
- Mahamudu Bawumia
- Blaise Compaoré
- Inusah Fuseini
- Fancy Gadam
- Sherifa Gunu
- Haruna Iddrisu
- Maccasio
- Aliu Mahama
- Ibrahim Mahama (artist)
- Hamza Mohammed
- Thomas Sankara
- Maurice Yaméogo
- Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo
- Idrissa Nassa
- Issaka Sawadogo
- Mahamadou Bonkoungou
- Awini Emmanuel Ayonde