Birifor people

Birifor
Birifo, Malba
Total population
200,000 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso
Languages
Southern Birifor, Northern Birifor, French
Religion
Christianity, and Traditional African religion
Related ethnic groups
Dagaaba, Mossi people

The Birifor people (also Birifo or Malba) are an ethnic group of about 200,000 in West Africa, primarily located in northern Ghana, southern Burkina Faso, and northern Côte d'Ivoire.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. (2005). "Birifor". Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.


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