Mutanen Wala
| Yankuna masu yawan jama'a | |
|---|---|
| Ghana |
Wala ko Waala suna zaune a yankin Upper West na Ghana. Mutane ne da akasari musulmi ne wadanda suka kafa birnin Wa da masarautar Wala. Suna jin yaren Wali, wanda ke cikin ƙungiyar Gur. Akwai masu magana da yaren 84,800 a shekarar 2013.[1] Maƙwabtansu su ne mutanen Birifor, Dagaaba, da Vagla.[2]
Al'adu
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Al'adunsu yayi kama da sauran kungiyoyin 'yan gurguzu, Senoufo da Mande a arewacin Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso da Mali. An san su da ban sha'awa na salon Sudano-Sahelian masallatai da fadoji. Sarkinsu na gargajiya ne, Wa-Na wanda gidansu na gargajiya gidan sarauta ne da aka gina tubalin laka a Wa.
Alƙaluma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bisa kididdigar da aka yi a Ghana a shekarar 1921, Mutanen Wala sun kai 16,905, ko da yake ana tunanin cewa wannan kidayar ta rasa wasu kananan kauyukan da ke Gundumar Wa. Hakan ya nuna cewa a lokacin sun fi su a gundumar Wa ta Dagarti. Ta hanyoyi da yawa bambancin Dagarti da Wa shine wane bangare na tawayen da suka kasance a 1894, wadanda suka goyi bayan Wa-Na suka zama Wala, da wadanda suka yi tawaye ana daukarsu a matsayin mutanen Dagarti. Adadin Dagarti ya yi yawa saboda turawan Ingila sun kafa iyakokin Masarautar Wala kafin 1894 a matsayin iyakar gundumar Wa.[3]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Wali Ethnologue, retrieved 25 October 2016
- ↑ Language Map of Ghana
- ↑ Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and polity in northwestern Ghana (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 13