History of the Dagomba Kingdom in some Hausa ajami manuscripts
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Hausa, ajami, manuscripts, DagombaAbstract
The aim of this paper is to present and describe some sources on the Dagomba history in the Hausa Ajami manuscripts. According to oral tradition, the kingdoms of Dagomba and Mamprusi in present-day north-eastern Ghana should have come into being in the 15th century. It is commonly accepted that their founder was a certain Na Gbewa (spelled also Na Bawa) and his two sons. After they had quarelled, they separated and gave rise to two kingdoms which were independent from each other. In the end of the 16th century those states were conquered by Gbanya warriors of Mande origin who a little earlier had founded the Gonja kingdom. Until the 18th century the Gbanya exercised control over the Dagomba people. They imposed a sort of levy upon them, and had also a considerable influence on the internal matters of the Dagomba kingdom.
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