Rulers of the Northern state of Dagomba
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Ya-Na=Rulers
1899 to 1917>
Tenure Incumbent Notes
1409 Foundation of Dagbong
Dagomba
The Dagomba are an ethnic group of Northern Ghana. They inhabit the sparse savanna region below the sahelian belt, known as the Sudan. They speak the Dagbani language which belongs to the More-Dagbani sub-group of Gur languages...

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Dagomba
The Dagomba are an ethnic group of Northern Ghana. They inhabit the sparse savanna region below the sahelian belt, known as the Sudan. They speak the Dagbani language which belongs to the More-Dagbani sub-group of Gur languages...

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c.1700 to ???? Zangyina, Ya-Na
???? to ???? Andan Sighle Bangumanga, Ya-Na
???? to ???? Djingle, Ya-Na
???? to ???? Gareba, Ya-Na
???? to ???? Ziblim Saa, Ya-Na
???? to ???? Ziblim Bandamda, Ya-Na
???? to ???? Andani I Djangbarga, Ya-Na
???? to 18?? Mahama I Korgu, Ya-Na
18?? to 18?? Ziblim Kulunku, Ya-Na
(Ziblim bla)
18?? to 18?? Sumani Zwole, Ya-Na
18?? to 1864 Yakubu I, Ya-Na
1864 to 1876 Abdulai I, Ya-Na
1876 to 1899 Andani II, Ya-Na
1899 to 1899 Darimani
Darimani
Na Darimani , was a Ya-Na of Dagbon, located in the northern part of modern day Ghana. He was said to have ruled Dagbon for only seven weeks in 1899 but occupies a very important aspect of the Dagbon chieftaincy conflict....

, Ya-Na
Alasan' Tiparga, Ya-Na
1917 to 1938 Abdulai II, Ya-Na
1938 to 6 February 1948 Mahama II, Ya-Na
1948 to 1953 Mahama III bla, Ya-Na
1953 to 1967 Abdulai III, Ya-Na
1968 to 1969 Andani III, Ya-Na
12 September 1969 to 1974 Abdulai IV, Ya-Na
1974 to 27 March 2002 Yakubu II
Yakubu II
Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II of Dagbon was the ruler of the Dagbon Kingdom from 1974 until his death in 2002. He was killed during tribal clashes, and a new ruler had not yet been chosen....

, Ya-Na

See also

  • Ghana
    Ghana
    Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

  • Gold Coast
    Gold Coast (British colony)
    The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.-Overview:The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471. They encountered a variety of African kingdoms, some of which controlled substantial...

  • Lists of Incumbents
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