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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
| Wara |
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| Indigenous Group |
Wara (Also known as: Ouala, Ouara, Samoe) |
| Location |
Burkina Faso, Comoé Province, west of Banfora, near Sindou. Néguéni Village
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| Estimated Population
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4,500 (1993, Johnstone) |
| Environment |
Forest / Highland / Tropical |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
Language
Family |
Wara
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Gur, Wara-Natioro
Alternate names: Ouara, Ouala, Samoe
Dialects: Negueni-Klani, Ouatourou-Niasogoni, Soulani, Faniagara
| | Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Wara, A Language of Burkina Faso
Wara: Burkina Faso
Language Map of Burkina Faso
Maplandia
World Bank
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| NGOs |
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Africatile
Association Solidarité en Action (ADD)
Hilfe Direkt: Burkina Faso
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
Save the Children
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