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The Mossi people of Ghana ,according to history were comprised of several tribes in Ghana that claimed that they were indigeneous people of the former gold coast state now Ghana who told the Colonial Government that they were Ghanaians.Dagombas, Mamprusis , Walas, Mossi etc all claimed they were mossi people.All these tribes speak languages that are similar. Then a second crop of mossi who today speak the language that is very similar to the Mossi in Burkina Faso claimed in 1960 Ghana National Population census that they were Ghanaian citizens because their hometowns and villages were in Ghana .They were said to have been almost 11,000 who were mossi of Gold Coast origin now modern Ghana. It is true that all these tribes are Ghanaians, but the fact is that today they stand as separate tribes and Mossi of Ghana seems to have lost their popularity to those in Burkina Faso but if they go there there will be no homes and families for them except in Ghana.The Mossi tribe is made up of several tribes and Ghanaian Mossi should remember that they could belong to any Ghanaian tribe, a suggestion pointed out by historians which some have mentioned earlier by claiming that they are Wala people in Ghana
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Are mossi people ghanaians?
The Mossi people as citizens of Ghana is an interesting issue in the history of Ghana.The Mossi people are mentioned in the records of the country preceeding the era of colonization of Ghana by British after several competitions between some colonial Powers, particularly in the northern sector of the country. This prompted me to believe that it was a very powerful tribe and several tribes originated from it because they claimed that they were also mossi people in the ancient times and that is why Historians identified the mossi people as ancestors of some ghanaian tribes today. What I have also observed is that we have read about several mossi clans in quite a number of tribes in the northern sector of the country., with the languages having changed slightly but similar to the mossi and dagomba languages.Those who claimed to have retained the Pure Mossi language today and said were Ghanaians whose hometowns and villages were in Ghana were said to have numbered nearly 11,000 in 1960 Ghana National Population Census records including mossi soldiers, police and other security personnel.If a mossi person says he is a Ghanaian,he simply means he is from any of the above historical background.Tribes that were ruled by mossi somewhere eventhough were not pure mossi regarded themselves as mossi people and are therefore not part of this Ghanaian mossi people on record
Are moshi people ghanaians?
yes, moshi people are ghanaians, in 1960 ghana population census recorded nearly 11,000 ghanaian moshi whose home towns and villages were in ghana and were not foreigners in ghana. Poly Hill, United Nations population census expert pointed out that there was a tribe called Ghanaian mossi people in ghana and they were Ghanaian citizens.This group of mossi people informed the pp Government of Dr Busia that they were ghanaians and different from mossi people from other countries during the 1960 ghana population census. Again some ghanaian tribes also claimed that they were also mossi people during the colonial regime and they are descendants of the old stock of mossi people in the era preceeding the gold coast state now Ghana.With the citizenship law of ghana, mossi people whose mothers or grandmothers are ghanaians can also claim the ghanaian citizenship, especially if they were born in ghana before 6th March 1957.Another Ghanaian citizenship popportunity for mossi in ghana is assimilation into kindred or similar ghanaian tribes because history claims some originated from Dagomba-Mamprusi and others assimilated into them.
Are there pure mossi people with different tribes in mossi state?
Well ,it is true that I have read much about mossi tribe, tribes or peoples in history.some historians call them mossi peoples,mossi tribes ,heterogeneous people ,meaning different ethnic groups became assimilated into the mossi chieftaincy and people.The history of mossi people is very interesting.I believe in the ancient time mossi people were very strong because of their empire which was a traditional form of government.The chieftaincy institution made the tribe so famous that several tribes wanted to join them for protection, governance and support.Incidentally, mossi people liked the concept of different people coming together as a people provided you you agree that they rule you, that is what their chieftaincy rule is. The mossi chiefs will recognize you as their people if you agree that they are your rulers. They have very good records in Ghana because they were used by the colonial masters and other traditional states.Most likely the Ghanaian mossi are those termed pure mossi different from people of different tribes in mossi kingdom claiming mossi status.
Are the mossi people still in existence?
The question Are there mossi people still in existence is an interesting question.Sure there are still mossi people in existence.I know perhaps the person asking this question may not have understood what the mossi tribe is or might have read what I had also read in history of mossi wars.Some historians made some conclusions that all mossi people were killed in some wars during fierce battles because they were warlike and were fighting wars upon wars.these particular mossi people were said to have fought such wars in a particular area and not every where.It was the mossi people that fought the French army in ouagadougou area because of their opposition to French colonial rule in 1896.The historian who concluded that all the mossi people were killed in the wars felt that the royals or chiefs and their families were the only pure mossi people because of the mossi assimilation policy of several tribes of non-mossi tribes having been assimilated into mossi tribe.Even some Ghanaian tribes told the colonial Government that they were also mossi people because their greatgrand fathers were mossi and are still alive in Burkina Faso and Ghana.They are still in existence, even the Colonial Government used them in wars in the gold coast.Mossi is described as ancestors with their descendents in Ghana.Mossi includes Dagombas,Mamprusis,Wala, Mossi etc in Ghana
Are dagombas mossi people?
No, Dagombas and Mossi are two separate ethnic groups. The Dagombas are an ethnic group predominantly found in Northern Ghana, while the Mossi people are an ethnic group primarily located in Burkina Faso. They have distinct languages, cultures, and histories.
What are Mamprusis Burkinabes?
The Mamprusi tribe is mostly found in Ghana as the home of the Mamprusi people but are not Burkinabes as some might have claimed.Some may be found in Burkina Faso as having migrated there to do some work to earn some income The fact of the matter is that the Mamprusi tribe has not been accepted as one of the Burkina faso tribes recognized by the Government.The Mossi people left Gambaga in Ghana several generations ago when Tohajie introduced the chieftaincy institution to the Dagomba, Mamprusi and Mossi people with the Mossi people migrating with their chieftaincy to Burkina Faso.The Dagomba and Mamprusi did not introduce chieftaincy to Mossi people rather they all learnt it from the same people.The story of the grand mother of the Mossi royals from Gambaga talked about her father as a chief of Dagombas, Mamprusis and Mossi people because the mossi non royals claim that they did not have the same origin with the royals.The first chiefs of Dagomba,Mamprusis and Mossi were said to have been Berbers who were said to have originated from a mixture of Arabs and Spanish warriors who came by way of Northern Nigeria into Mali, Burkina Faso, and into Ghana.Their descendents became Dagomba,Mamprusi and Mossi royals after their grandfathers assimilated into Dagomba ,Mamprusi and Mossi and became the royals of the various tribes.Another history disclosed that the grandfathers of Dagombas,Mamprusis and Mossi people fought wars with the Arabs before they had their chieftaincies because the institution was difficult to get it from those who introduced it because from the beginning they were too powerful and were their rulers so the three tribes had to combine and fought them off before they migrated with their chieftaincy from far away into Ghana and again went away with their individual chieftaincy.The Sanga village which is a mossi Yanga village in Burkina Faso was said to have been a place where Naa Gbewa first settled because his father was a brother of the fathers of the Mossi yangas and they were also royals of Gambaga chieftaincy from where he moved to Pusiga in Ghana.When the British arrived in Bawku in the 1800s the British and French were struggling for territory, the Mossi Yangas who were also royals of Gambaga told the British that they were under Nayiri and Nayiri had enskinned the chief of Sanga and told him to represent the mossi yangas who extended from Bawku villages across into Burkina Faso and Togo and at a meeting organized by the British officials in Bawku there was a clash during the meeting the and the chief of Sanga fled to his hometown and when order was restored and the meeting started he was not present so the mossi yangas were not represented in the British side and those living across into Burkina Faso and Togo were annexed by the French because they had fought wars and captured the mossi headquarters of ouagadougou down into those areas because they were in control and used military might to control and cut any chief from British territory off and told them their chieftaincy ended in gold coast now ghana.It was later that those in Ghana were placed under Bawku chieftaincy when the paramountcy was created.As for the Mossi Yangas living across into Burkina Faso and Togo they are under the mossi chieftaincy and their language is more similar to the Mossi language and is a dialect of mossi language .Because it is written in books that the mossi people said their chiefs originated from Northern Ghana people just concluded that they were Mamprusi and Dagomba people forgetting that the Mossi people were also living in Mamprusi and Dagomba area before they left for burkina Faso as some historians disclosed.
Are dagombas burkinabe people?
Dagombas are not people from Burkina Faso and therefore are not Burkinabes. Dagombas are Ghanaians.Both the Dagombas ,Mamprusis and Mossi people were living together in Dagomba and Mamprusi lands in ancient times when mossi people migrated to Burkina Faso and founded the mossi lands when burkina faso was an empty land.However mossis claimed that some mossis came from the area of the sahara desert in the north.The three tribes are described as brothers.When Tohazie and his followers came from Northern Nigeria,to Mali to Burkina Faso into Ghana all these three tribes were there and they introduced the chieftaincy institution to them after having married their daughters and produced some of the royals.The ancestors of the mossi managed to escape with their chieftaincy to Burkina Faso whilst Mamprusis and Dagombas managed to enskine their people.Tohazie and his people were said to be Berbers which was a combination of Arabs and Spanish warriors as their origin.The chief of Gambaga was said to have ruled all the tree tribes when they were small and mossi were found around Gambaga and Bawku. Some mossi chiefs perhaps their mothers were both Mamprusis and Dagombas and Lossi too vice versa.Naa Gbewa Tohazies grandson was said to have stayed in Sanga , the town of mossi yangas whose fathers were also chiefs of gambaaga in ghana .
How did Margaret peoples help bring the gospel to the mossi people of Ouagadougou?
Margaret Peoples, along with her husband, established a mission station in Ouagadougou among the Mossi people to share the gospel. They learned the Mossi language, adapted their ways to the local culture, and built relationships with the community, which helped in spreading Christianity among the Mossi people. Through their dedication and efforts, many Mossi people were introduced to the Christian faith.
Which ethnic group does mossi belong to in 2010 Ghana census?
Mosi, Mossi, Moshi, refer to the same name as it was written with different spellings by both French and British officials when they first came to Africa to colonize the African people.Concerning the major ethnic group Mossi was classified as one of the Gur tribes belonging to Mole-dagbani ethnic group or Moshi-dagomba people as Linguists and Historians claim them to be.Others call them Gurmake and another major Ghanaian language group is Gurma with some number of subgroups.The mossi language is similar to Dagomba and Mamprusi languages which I also know.The mossi was identified as one of the mole-dagbani tribes, but it was claimed in the 2010 Ghana national housing and population census that Mosi was to be changed to a different code and replaced with Wala, but the mosi people also claimed that they were also part of the Wala people because their great grand fathers were part of the people that became Walas today.Well perhaps they went to Wala or Gurma group.,I mean the pure mosi .
What is the birth name of Don Mossi?
Don Mossi's birth name is Donald Louis Mossi.
What is the population of Rakaye Mossi?
Rakaye Mossi's population is 425.
What is the population of Vato-Mossi?
The population of Vato-Mossi is 1,601.
