Mutanen Nafana

'Yan ƙabilar Nafana 'yan ƙabilar Senufo people ne da ke zaune a tsakiyar arewa maso yammacin Ghana da kuma arewa maso gabashin Cote d'Ivoire, a yankin gabashin Bondoukou. Adadin su kusan 45,000 (SIL/GILLBT 1992) kuma suna jin Nafaanra, yaren Senufo. An kewaye su da masu magana da Gurgu a arewa, Mande keɓe da ke magana da mutanen Ligbi a gabas, kuma Akan yana magana da Abron a kudu.

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Mutanen Nafana sun ce sun fito ne daga Cote d’Ivoire, daga wani ƙauye da ake kira Kakala. A cewar Jordan (1978), tarihinsu na baka ya ce wasu daga cikin mutanensu suna nan, kuma idan sun koma ba za a bar su su sake ba. Sun isa yankin Banda ne bayan mutanen Ligbi, wadanda a cewar Stahl (2004) suka fito daga Bigu (Begho, Bighu) zuwa yankin a farkon karni na 17. Wasu manyan garuruwan mutanen Nafana sun hada da Sampa, Kokoa, Duadaso No 1, Duadaso No 2, Jamera, da Kabile wadanda ke cikin gundumar Jaman ta Arewa. Brodi da Debibi suna cikin gundumar Tain. Banda Ahenkro a gundumar Banda. Mutanen dai manoma ne. Babban bikinsu shi ne bikin Songhei wanda ya fi asali a JAMALA ko jamera da ake yi duk shekara. Mutanen nafana su ne ainihin wadanda za su iya gano asalinsu daga daular Songhai. Babban garinsu na al'adun gargajiya shi ne JAMERA inda duk tarihinsu da al'adunsu ya ginu.Stahl, Ann (2004). "Making history in Banda: Reflections on the construction of Africa's past", in Historical Archaeology, 38, 1, 50–56.Pitt, Walter (1926) 'The Mfantera or Frantomafo meaning those who wear clothes', Gold Coast Review 2/1: 71–77.

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