The country above the Gambaga escarpment towards the Red Volta and the White Volta's upper course.
The Mamprusi kingdom, whose tradition puts its founder Gbewaa at Pusiga near Bawku, belongs with Dagbon to the fifteenth century; on 1 January 1200 the Kusasi, Bimoba and their neighbours live under earth priests, with no king.
Who holds it
- Title
- Earth priests and lineage heads
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Independent communities.
Customs
Earth priests; lineages; shrines.
Assemblies
Village elders.
Places of note
- Pusiga: Seat of Gbewaa in the later tradition (fifteenth century)
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later ethnography and tradition.
On the map: Drawn from later distributions.
Sources and studies
- Dagbon (Wikipedia)
- Researcher's general knowledge of the ethnography and linguistic geography of Ghana and Togo (present-day distributions), used only to place peoples whose 1200 seats are not recorded
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.