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The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, constituting more than 40 % of the population, or about 6. 2 million people.
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The Voltaic are far more numerous and include the Mossi, who make up about one-half of the population.
Predominantly farmers, the Mossi are still bound by the traditions of the Mogho Naba, who hold court in Ouagadougou.
From medieval times until the end of the 19th century, the region of Burkina Faso was ruled by the empire-building Mossi people, who are believed to have come up to their present location from northern Ghana, where the ethnically-related Dagomba people still live.
The Silmi-Mossi are among the least advantaged in the Mossi caste system.
The Mande people of the southwest are known for balafon ( wooden xylophone ) music, while the large, centrally-located Mossi and their griots retain ancient royal courts and courtly music.
Five to six million are probably Mossi ; another 1. 2 million Mossi live in Côte d ' Ivoire.
The Mossi also are also directly descended from the Mamprusi people and similarly live in Upper East Ghana with a capital of Bawku / Nalerigu.
Colonialism was devastating for most African people, as it resulted in imposed frontiers that affected the interrelationships between tribes, leading to political and social unrest throughout Africa when it ceased ; the Mossi are no exception.
The Mossi people have organised their society in an original hierarchic process in which family and state are the key elements.
The Nyon-nyonse are the peoples who lived in Mossi-controlled regions before the Mossi.
Mossi society is divided vertically into two major segments: the descendants of the horsemen who conquered the peoples on the Mossi plateau are called the Nakomse (“ people of power ”), and all Mossi chiefs come exclusively from the Nakomse class.
Generally the smiths and the traders do not use masks, but the Nyonyose, the “ ancient ones ” are the principal makers and users of masks in Mossi society.
Group identity and values within the Mossi and contrasted against other ethnic groups are tied first and foremost to language.
Individualism does not exist in traditional Mossi culture: one ’ s actions and behaviors are always taken to be characteristics of one's family.
As a result, all are expected to act in their family's name ; thus, the family is the smallest entity in the Mossi society.
They are crved in three major styles that correspond to the styles of the ancient people who were conquered in 1500 by the invading Nakomse and integrated into a new Mossi society: IN the north masks are vertical planks with a round concave or convex face.
The Dagomba are historically related to the Mossi.
The Mossi and Dagomba states are among the great West African medieval empires.
Although the Mossi-Dagomba states have the same grandfather ( Na Gbewa ) the Dagomba are traditionally regarded as " senior " to the Mossi states of Ouagadougou, Yatonga, and Fada N ' Grumah.
The origins of the Dagombas are that of the Mossi who today inhabit and have their homeland in Burkina Faso.
Mossi and ethnic
Born into a Roman Catholic family, " Thom ' Sank " was a Silmi-Mossi, an ethnic group that originated with marriage between Mossi men and women of the pastoralist Fulani people.
According to the explanations of Mrs. Tapsoba Marie, the former Cultural Counsellor at Burkina Embassy in Senegal and also Mossi herself, Mossi culture can be divided into four main values characteristic of the ethnic group.
Mogho Naba ( also Moro Naba ) is a title for king of the Mossi, an ethnic group in Burkina Faso.
Mossi and group
The Mossi speak the More language, of the Dagbani group of languages.
Nawdm and Yom, like Mòoré, the language of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso, are classified under the Oti-Volta sub-group of languages in the Gur ( or Voltaique ) group of the Niger-Congo languages.
: I. A. 3. d Mossi, Dagomba, Kusasi, Nankanse, Talensi, Mamprusi, Wala, Dagari, Birifo, Namnam, Kanjaga ( Bulea ) ( moved from group c )
Mossi and Burkina
The Mossi claim descent from warriors who migrated to present-day Burkina Faso and established an empire that lasted more than 800 years.
The introduction of Islam to Burkina Faso was initially resisted by the Mossi rulers.
* Mòoré language or Moré, a language spoken primarily in Burkina Faso by the Mossi
In the broad belt of rugged country between the northern boundaries of the Muslim-influenced state of Dagomba, and the southernmost outposts of the Mossi kingdoms ( of what is today the southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana border ), were peoples who were not incorporated into the Dagomba entity.
Trade between Akan kingdoms and the Mossi kingdoms to the north ( of what is today the northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso border ) flowed through their homeland, subjecting them to Islamic influence, and to the depredations of these more powerful neighbors.
Examples include the bendre, made by the Mossi of Burkina Faso out of a large calabash, and the trong chau of Vietnam.
* Mossi language, a major language of Burkina Faso ( also Mooré, Moré, More )
Within West Africa, shea butter from the Mossi plateau region of Burkina Faso has higher average stearic acid content, and is therefore harder than shea butter from other West African regions.
“ Nawalagmba ”, in Mossi, the most spoken language in Burkina Faso means: “ The one coming to unite, to gather the others ”.
The Mossi tribe originated in Burkina Faso, although significant numbers of Mossi live in neighboring countries, including Benin, Côte d ' Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, and Togo.
The Mossi language, Mòoré ( also Mooré, Moré, Moshi, Moore or More ) is one of two official regional languages of Burkina Faso, closely related and mutually intelligible with the Dagbani language spoken in northern Ghana.
It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 5 million people in Burkina, plus another 60, 000 + in Mali and Togo.
The More / Mossi now have their homeland in present day Burkina Faso.
Koupéla is a city in Burkina Faso, lying east of Ouagadougou () and west of Fada-Ngourma () in an area settled by the Mossi people.
Mossi and more
Because of these beliefs, Mossi swear by their ancestors or by the land ; when they do so ( which only occurs in extreme situations ), it is more than symbolic — it is a call to imminent justice.
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