Dokument #1151430
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
1) Information on this specific subject is
currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa. However, according
the The New Encyclopedia Britannica (1989, 846), the Dagomba
are a patrilineal society although matrilineal descent is also
recognized reportedly for its "contribution to spiritual
attributes" (Ibid.). This source adds that
For the chiefly class, the important kinship unit is a descent
group known as the dang, composed of all descendants of a single
grandfather or great-grandfather through both male and female
lines. In the centralized Dagomba state, only the sons of a
previous paramount chief, the ya-na, may rise to that office, which
is filled in rotation by one of the three divisional chiefs.
2) Information on the death of the
king/chief of the Dagomba in the northern region and on his
successor is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
Documentation-Réfugiés [Paris]. 11-20
Septembre 1989. No. 92. "Le Ghana," p. 6.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica.
1989. Micropaedia. 15th ed. Vol. 3. Chicago: Encyclopaedia
Britannica Inc.