Red Hunter (Tohaʒee)
Ghanaian and Burkinabe historical figure
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The Red Hunter or Tohaʒee is a Ghanaian and Burkinabe historical figure whose progeny founded the Dagbon and Mossi Kingdoms.[1][2][3]
He arrived in northern Ghana in the 15th century, coming across a village that was being terrorised by a bull preventing people from drawing drinking water from a river. After slaying the bull, he was presented with the village chief's daughter as a wife, who gave him a son named Kpogon-umbo.[4] Kpogon-umbo had a son named Naa Gbewaa, who is regarded as the first king of the Mamprugu, Dagbon, and Nanumba kingdoms.[5]
