Frafra people

The Frafra are a people in Ghana and Burkina Faso, which is also called Farefare, Gurenne, Gurune, Ninkarsé, Gursi, NABT, and Nabra Nankani. The name in Burkina Faso is Nankani. The proper name is Ninkarsé or Gursi. Depending on the source, for example, the Nabra be considered as own people, but also use the Farefare, the language of Frafra.

In Ghana, a focus of this ethnic group lives with a population of 772000-820000 in the Upper East region in the northeast of the country and distributed in various major cities. In the town of Bolgatanga, Navrongo in Frafra district and to the settlement area lies he Frafra.

In Burkina Faso, the Frafra in Nahouri province live in the district of Zecco and Ziou with about 25100-37000 people.