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Mole-Dagbon people

Ethnic group in West Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

A depiction of a Mossi man on a horse
A female royalty of Dagbon.

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The Mabia ethnic group include the following peoples:[5]

Notable Mabia people

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