User:Ahmedbawa/Kuyini Family

The Kuyini Family descends from the many children of Yelizoli-Lana Lagfu. As the nephew to Ya-Na Yakubu I, Lagfu was instrumental in his uncle becoming Ya-Na. It is known through the Dagomba drum history that Yelizoli-Lana Lagfu became chief of nine Dagomba villages simultaneously. This extreme apetite for power led his cousins Abudu, Andani and Mahami (who created the abudu-Andani gates) to wage war against him and his loyal troops, culminating in his death between Yendi and Gnani. At his death Yelizoli-Lana Lagfu had many children including his first daughter Shetu and Zuu Chifi. Their desendants, called Yelizoli- Lana Lagfu Zuliya have occupied many Dagbon chiefships including Gnani, Vokpia, Kuyini, Kokuo-Kpanga, Woribogu,Larbanga etc. They do not shave their heads in the month of Damba-Bilaa because Lagfu was killed in the month. The Kuyini Family is part of the Lagfu line descending from the Ya-Nas of Dagbon.