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Culture summary: Mossi

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2009 • Pages:

By: Finnegan, Gregory A..

Abstract

This is a culture summary of the Mossi. Information is presented on major aspects of Mossi culture.

HRAF PubDate

2009

Region

Africa

Sub Region

Western Africa

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Anthropologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Teferi Abate Adem; 2006

Field Date

No date

Coverage Date

1328-2006

Coverage Place

Burkina Faso

Notes

Gregory A. Finnegan

This culture summary is from the article "Mossi," by Gregory A. Finnegan, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 9, Africa and the Middle East, John Middleton, Amal Rassam, Candice Bradley, and Laurel L. Rose, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1995. Teferi Abate Adem updated the estimate of population in September 2006, from The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/).

Includes bibliographical references.

LCSH

Mossi (African people)