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Eastern Karabo |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tuareg |
Turka
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Toussian, Southern
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| Indigenous Group |
Toussian, Southern (Also known as: Win; Tusia; Tusian; Tusyâ)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, Southwestern Burkina Faso, Comoe and Houet Provinces, Between Banfora and Bobo-Dioulasso, Around the Center of Toussiana
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| Estimated Population |
19,500 (1995,
SIL) |
| Environment |
Savannah / Plain / 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 |
Toussian, Southern
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Tusia
Alternate Names:
Win, Tusia, Tusian
Dialects:
Nianha |
| Website URLs |
Art of Burkina Faso: The Tusya People
African Sculptures from the New Orleans Museum of Art
Toussiana Region Map
The Senufo of West Africa
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| NGOs |
International Service : West Africa, Burkina Faso
Hilfe Direkt : Burkina Faso
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
Africatile
Save the Children
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
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