The Political System of Konkomba

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1750-0184|23|3|213-223

ISSN: 0001-9720

Source: Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute, Vol.23, Iss.3, 1953-07, pp. : 213-223

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Abstract

The Konkomba live in Northern Togoland in both French and British Mandated Territory and principally about the banks of the Oti River, a tributary of the Volta. Their country lies between 9° and 9° 50' N. and 0° and 0° 50' E. The total population is about 45,000. Their language is one of the Gurma group of the Voltaic family. The great majority of them live on a grassland plain that lies between the low hills of eastern Dagomba and the Kotokoli hills. The plain is very low-lying and conditions are severe, alternating between considerable desiccation and severe flooding. The compounds are grouped in small hamlets of a dozen or so straggling along low ridges in the plain; in the wet season communication between hamlets is very difficult.