Mole-Dagbon people

The Mossi-Dagbon, also called Mabia, or Mole-Dagbon are a meta-ethnicity and western Oti–Volta ethno-linguistic group residing in six present-day West Africa countries namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo. They number more than 30 million. The Mole/Mossi/Moore people are located primarily in Burkina Faso while Dagbon is in Ghana. Previously, the term Gur was used, Mabia has been used to refer to the linguistic supercluster.

The Mabia ethnic group include the following peoples:


 * Dagomba
 * Mossi
 * Mamprusi
 * Nabit
 * Talni
 * Kamara
 * Kantosi
 * Hanga
 * Kusasi
 * Gurene
 * Nanumba
 * Builsa
 * Dagaaba
 * Wala

Notable Mabia people

 * Yusuf Soalih Ajura
 * Susanna Al-Hassan
 * Samata Angel
 * Ibrahim Bancé
 * Mahamudu Bawumia
 * Blaise Compaoré
 * Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
 * Inusah Fuseini
 * Fancy Gadam
 * Naa Gbewaa
 * Sherifa Gunu
 * Haruna Iddrisu
 * Maccasio
 * Aliu Mahama
 * Ibrahim Mahama (artist)
 * Hamza Mohammed
 * Thomas Sankara
 * Maurice Yaméogo