Senufo

Senufo

The Senufo (the francophone spelling Senoufo is commonly used) are an ethnolinguistic group composed of diverse subgroups of Gur-speaking people living in an area spanning from southern Mali and the extreme western corner of Burkina Faso to Katiola in Côte d'Ivoire. One group, the Nafana, is found in eastern Ghana. The Senufo number somewhere between 1.5 and 2.7 million [Garber (1987) estimates the total number of Senufos at some 1.5 million; the Ethnologue (15th edition), based on various population estimates, counts 2.7 million.

] and speak the various Senufo languages. Korhogo, an ancient town in northern Côte d'Ivoire dating from the 13th century, is the capital of the Senufo people. The Senufo are predominantly an agricultural people cultivating millet, yams, peanut, and rice.

Notes and bibliography

Notes

Bibliography

*Holas, Bohumil (1957) "Les Sénoufo (y compris les Minianka)" (preface by Geneviève Calame-Griaule). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
*Spindel, Carol (1989). "In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove". Vintage. ISBN 0679722149. ISBN 9780679722144.

External links

* [http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Senufo.html The Senufo people] at Art&Life in Africa.
* [http://www.masabo.com/about_senoufo.html 'About the Senoufo People'] , Masabo Culture Company.

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