They live in Northern Ghana. It is about 1 million of them and they are mostly Muslim. They are the second largest tribe. They are patrilineal and they are farmers, fishermen, and hunters. They believe people got their spiritual power from their mother.
Tohadzie is the father of the Dagomba. He lived in the Mali Empire. An evil cow prevented people from getting water from a river. Tohadzie helped them kill the cow, so they could get water from the river. People from other villages attack the village he was in. In response to that; he created a militia to conquer the surrounding villages. He later married a Malian princess. He had a son that became a chief. The rest is history. The Dagomba had an empire may have lasted for 300 years. They were later defeated by the Asante. Mossi tribe came from a Dagomba princess and a Mende hunter.
Language
Their language is called Dagbani. It is a Gur language. Gur languages are part of Niger-Congo language family. Dagbani has 11 vowels. The word order is agent-verb-object.
Music
Drums and string instruments are a big part of this music. They dance to music to tell a story. They use music and dance to tell their history. Drummers are very important to the chief and they see themselves as royalty.
They are a great people. They farm, hunt, and fish. They have history that at least a millennium old!!!!!!! They have sweet language, music, and dance.
https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/11470/GH
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagomba_people
http://www.britannica.com/place/Dagomba-kingdom
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https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/DagombaDanceDrumming/About+the+Dagomba
\http://www.dagbon.net/history.php
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