A village on the White Volta north-west of the later Tamale where salt was made from saline springs and earth; the salt went south and east.
Shinnie and Kense excavated its mounds and found a long sequence reaching back to the second millennium BC; the dating of the salt working for 1200 is not pinned in what we recall. On 1 January 1200 a village of the central savanna peoples, without a lord. Position approximate.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
No lord known.
How things stand that morning
A village under its earth priest.
Walls and castle
See summary.
Trade and crafts
Salt making; fishing; farming.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Excavated site (Shinnie and Kense), details not checked in this session.
Sources and studies
- P. Shinnie and F. Kense, Archaeology of Gonja, Ghana: Excavations at Daboya (1989); from the researcher's knowledge, not checked in this session
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.