Bissa people

Bissa people

Bissa or Bisa is the name of an ethnic group living in South-Central Burkina Faso, in the extreme Northeast of Ghana, and in the Northernmost tip of Togo. Their language, [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=bib Bissa] , is a Mande language that is related to, but not the same as, a cluster of languages in the old Borgou Kingdom area of Northeast Benin and Northwest Nigeria, including [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=bqp Busa] , [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=bqc Boko] , and [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=tye Kyenga] . An alternate name for the Bissa is Busansi which is used by the Mossi people.

The Bissa are known for their cultivation of peanuts. Traditionally, a Bissa man who wants to court a Bissa girl must work in her mother's peanut field, and be able to provide the girl with her own peanut field if they get married. [An actual member of the Bissa tribe - which is probably a better source than any book written by Western scholars. There is not much information on the Bissa tribe at all in the literature.]

Daniel McFarland's "Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta" refers to them as "intrusive Mande who settled the area along the White Volta below Tenkodogo by 1300. Some live across the border in modern Ghana and Togo. According to some traditions, Rialle, progenitor of the Nakomse line of Mossi rulers was Busansi." [McFarland, Daniel M.; "Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta"; Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., January 1978.]

Some phrases in Bissa:
* Good morning - Domireh ki
* Good afternoon - Sundareh ki
* Good evening/night - Gundareh ki
* Thank you - Barka

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