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8-568: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bimoba people The Moba people , or Bimoba , are a Gur-speaking ethnic group from north-eastern Ghana and north-western Togo . Population centres in Ghana include Bimbagu and Bunkpurugu. The Bimoba number approximately 250,000 people in north-eastern Ghana and about 320,000 people in northern Togo. The Bimoba are believed to have migrated southwards from present-day Burkina Faso following
12-492: The Baakpang, Turinwe and Kanyakib. The Bimoba practice predominantly ethnic religions. They identify with personal deities collectively referred to as Yennu , which translates as "god" or "sun". Their ancestors play a role by being the contact between themselves and Yannu . A typical Bimoba compound would have a clay construction altar ( patir ; plural: pataa ) in an enclosed hut ( nakouk ) where sacrifices are made to invoke
16-543: The collapse of the Kingdom of Fada-Gurma around 1420. Bimoba society is patriarchal and is structured around clan and family heads. There are Clan-based kings or chiefs with vested power to hold the various clans together. The clans themselves can be located on multiple locations based on power and numbers. Presently, the clan groups of the Bimoba include Luok, Gnadaung, Dikperu, Puri, Tanmung, Gbong, Labsiak, Kunduek, Buok,
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