page_title: Gurma people
hierarchical_section_title: Gurma people
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Panier semi-sphérique. Gourmantché. Niger. 1950. Musée africain de Lyon.
context_page_description: Gurma is an ethnic group living mainly in Burkina Faso, around Fada N'Gourma, and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin, as well as southwestern Niger. They number approximately 1,750,000.
  They might include the Bassaries who live in northern Togo and the Northern Volta of Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana.
  Gurma is also the name of a language spoken by the Gurma people, which is part of the Gur language family. See Gurmanchema language and Oti-Volta languages for related languages spoken by the Gurma.
context_section_description: Gurma (also called Gourma or Gourmantché) is an ethnic group living mainly in Burkina Faso, around Fada N'Gourma, and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin, as well as southwestern Niger. They number approximately 1,750,000.
  They might include the Bassaries who live in northern Togo and the Northern Volta of Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana.
  Gurma is also the name of a language spoken by the Gurma (or bigourmantcheba - as they call themselves) people, which is part of the Gur language family. See Gurmanchema language and Oti-Volta languages for related languages spoken by the Gurma.
caption: A semi-sphere made by the Gurma in the Musée Africain in Lyon
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