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Bambara |
Dogon |
Eastern Karabo |
Jula |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tiefo |
Tuareg |
Turka
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Kaan
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| Indigenous Group |
Kaan (Also known as: Gan; Gã; Gane; Kannsa; Kaanse; Kãasa; Kamba'; KaanKan; Kaan)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, Poni Province, Gaoua Subdistrict, Loropéni Department, Bounded by Loropéni on the west, Derbi on the east, Djigoué on the south, and Yérifoula on the north
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| Estimated Population |
6,000 (1990,
Census) |
| Environment |
Forest / Interfluvial / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Kaansa
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Central, Southern, Gan-Dogose
Alternate Names:
Kaanse, Kãasa, Kan, Kaan, Gan, Gã, Gane
Dialects:
Kaansa, Kpatogo, Kpatogoso, Gbadogo, Padoro, Padogho, Padorho, Bodoro |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Kaansa, A language of Burkina Faso
Hamill Gallery: Gan Fetishes
Travel Document Africa: The King of Gan
Bronze Gan Art
Art of Burkina Faso
Sanctuary of Gan Kings
Gan House
Musical Instruments of the Gan
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| NGOs |
Africatile
World Bank
Hilfe Direkt : Burkina Faso
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
Save the Children
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