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Bwa people

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The Bwa or Bwaba (plural),Roy & Wheelock, p.50 or Bobo-Wule (Bobo-Oule), are an ethnic group indigenous to central Burkina Faso and Mali. [1]

43 relations: Animism, Bagassi, Bambara people, Bani River, Black Volta, Bobo people, Boni, Mali, Burkina Faso, Bwa languages, Cash crop, Christianity, Cotton, Creator deity, Dossi, Dyula language, Elder (administrative title), Ethnic group, Ethnologue, Europe, Famine, French language, Fula people, Gur languages, Hawk, Houndé, Islam, Livestock, Mali, Millet, Monkey, Niger–Congo languages, Nuna people, , Peanut, Rice, Scarification, Snake, Sorghum, Traditional African masks, University of Iowa, Volta-Bani War, Water buffalo, Yam (vegetable).

Animism

Animism (from Latin anima, "breath, spirit, life") is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

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Bagassi

Bagassi is a town in the Bagassi Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso.

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Bambara people

The Bambara (Bamana or Banmana) are a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa, primarily southern Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal.

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Bani River

The Bani River is the principal tributary of the Niger River in Mali.

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Black Volta

The Black Volta is a river that flows through Burkina Faso flowing about 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana.

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Bobo people

The Bobo are an ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali.

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Boni, Mali

Boni is a village and seat of the commune of Hairé in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Bwa languages

The Bwa languages (Bwamu, Bomu) are a branch of the Gur languages spoken by over half a million Bwa people of Burkina Faso and Mali.

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Cash crop

A cash crop or profit crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Creator deity

A creator deity or creator god (often called the Creator) is a deity or god responsible for the creation of the Earth, world, and universe in human mythology.

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Dossi

Dossi is an Italian surname.

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Dyula language

Jula (or Dyula, Dioula) is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali.

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Elder (administrative title)

The term Elder or its equivalent in another language, is used in several different countries and organizations to indicate a position of authority.

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Ethnic group

An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

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Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Famine

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Fula people

The Fula people or Fulani or Fulany or Fulɓe (Fulɓe; Peul; Fulani or Hilani; Fula; Pël; Fulaw), numbering between 40 and 50 million people in total, are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.

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Gur languages

The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur, belong to the Niger–Congo languages.

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Hawk

Hawks are a group of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae.

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Houndé

Houndé is a city located in the province of Tuy (of which it is the capital) in the Hauts-Bassins Region of Burkina Faso.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Livestock

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali), is a landlocked country in West Africa, a region geologically identified with the West African Craton.

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Millet

Millets (/ˈmɪlɪts/) are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.

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Monkey

Monkeys are non-hominoid simians, generally possessing tails and consisting of about 260 known living species.

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Niger–Congo languages

The Niger–Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers and number of distinct languages.

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Nuna people

The Nuna people, or Nunuma, are subgroup of the Gurunsi people in Southern Burkina Faso, estimated 150,000 population, and Ghana.

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Pâ is a town in the Pâ Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso.

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Peanut

The peanut, also known as the groundnut or the goober and taxonomically classified as Arachis hypogaea, is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Scarification

Scarifying (also scarification modification) involves scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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Sorghum

Sorghum is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae.

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Traditional African masks

Ritual and ceremonial masks are an essential feature of the traditional culture of the peoples of a part of Sub-Saharan Africa, e.g. roughly between the Sahara and the Kalahari Desert.

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University of Iowa

The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa.

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Volta-Bani War

The Volta-Bani War was an anti-colonial rebellion which took place in French West Africa (now Burkina Faso and Mali) between 1915 and 1917.

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Water buffalo

The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or domestic Asian water buffalo is a large bovid originating in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China.

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Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers.

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Bobo Oule, Bobo Wule people, Bwaba, Eastern Bobo Oule, Nieniegue, Red Bobo, Southern Bwa.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwa_people

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