The Yendi Volley Ball Association in the Yendi Municipality has successfully organized the Yendi Eid Adha Volleyball Tournament. The first edition of the annual events aimed at uniting the youth, unearthing talent and providing a common platform to champion the development of sports in the community. In all, seven teams drawn from the three districts…
The Traditional Dagbon Hats: Undoubtedly, one of the easiest ways to know the identity of someone is by his or her outfit. The way a person dresses can on first sight, point to where he or she comes from. All over the world, people wear clothes which depict their cultures and tradition. Even within the…
Labando Yakubu is a Yendi born Ghanaian footballer with a great skill set capable of commanding a position for himself in any team within the country. His dribbling and set piece ability got him a nickname ‘computer’ Read More : Aboriginal Dagombas : Before The Advent Of Yananima The young attacking midfielder joined giants from lower…
The Lunsi: The Dagomba ethnic group in the northern part of Ghana, has some of the most enviable and well-preserved cultural practices, centered around drumming and dancing. Some of these practices date as far back as the 12th century. Even though some of their practices have seen changes and others have been abandoned entirely,…
Dagbon’s path to its present disposition towards peace has traversed decades of conflict in which the celebration of the two eid festivals had been flash points of violence or threats thereof. The approach of these festivals, rather than herald joy, filled the air with trepidation and became indicators of the levels of mutual hostility between…
The Newly installed chief of Friendship (Zo simli naa), Ife Bell has paid a courtesy call on the Northern Regional Minister, Hon. Alhaji Shani Alhassan Shaibu to formally introduce herself to him. She succeeded her predecessor, Dr Susan J. Herlin, who was given this chieftaincy title (Zo simli naa I), on July 25, 1995, by…
Aboriginal Dagombas : Origin Both written and oral literature has it that the ordinary Aboriginal Dagombas arrived in ancient Dagbon before the rulers (Naa Gbewaa and his descendants). According to Tamakloe, when Naa Nyagsi and his father “Naa Sitobu” arrived in modern Dagbon about the year 1416, the ordinary man was already in Dagbon. Tindamba…
Naa Gungobili was the 17th King of the Dagbon kingdom. He ascended the Gbewaa Skin of Dagbon around the 17th century. His reign lasted from around 1627 to 1648. Naa Gungobili was the son of Naa Luro, who was also a King of Dagbon. This makes Naa Gungobili a Prince to the Gbewaa skin. Before…
Dagbanli Riddles : Among the Dagomba people, riddles, just like folktales, assume a significant part of their culture. Riddles are seen as a tool for teaching speech to the younger ones as well as preparing their minds towards critical thinking. Click To Join Our WhatsApp Group Click To Join Our Telegram Group: However, despite the significance…
Names of Animals in Dagbani Language Click To Join Our Telegram Group: The environment is made up of everything around us. That is, living and non-living. Among the living, animals play essential roles in man’s life. These include food, transport, symbolism, security, medicinal purposes etc. Every ethnic group (language) has their specific names of animals….
