Kassena
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kasena, Kasim, Kassem
thumb|A map of the region in which the Kassena people live, in both Ghana en Burkina Faso The Kassena people are an ethnic group located along the northern Ghana and Burkina Faso border. They speak the Kasem language. Their king lives in the town of Tiébélé. The Kasenna are closely related to the people of Nankanni and were brought together to form the Kassena-Nankana administrative district in 1936. As of 2008, the (Kassena-Nankana) area comprises two districts: Kassena Nankana West and Kassena Nankana East.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 110 inbound references to Kassena, and connects out to English language, French and Islam.
It sits within the topics Ethnic groups in Burkina Faso, Ethnic groups in Ghana and "Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Kassena
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Kassena
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- xsm
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Tiebele village in Burkina Faso 04.jpg
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana and Burkina Faso
- Ethnic group.region1
- Burkina Faso
- Ethnic group.region2
- Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana
- Ethnic group.langs
- Kasem, French, English
- Ethnic group.rels
- Kassena Religion Islam and Christianity
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Gurunsi Peoples
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Native language
- Kasem
- Country
- Ghana
- Image
- Tiebele village in Burkina Faso 04.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Kassena people
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Religious beliefs
- Political systems
- Art
- Society
- Home call
- References
- External links
thumb|A map of the region in which the Kassena people live, in both Ghana en Burkina Faso The Kassena people are an ethnic group located along the northern Ghana and Burkina Faso border. They speak the Kasem language. Their king lives in the town of Tiébélé. The Kasenna are closely related to the people of Nankanni and were brought together to form the Kassena-Nankana administrative district in 1936. As of 2008, the (Kassena-Nankana) area comprises two districts: Kassena Nankana West and Kassena Nankana East.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kassena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 9 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0