Islam, Politics and Development: Negotiating the Future of Dagbon.

I have chosen the topic, Islam, Politics and Development: Negotiating the Future of Dagbon for good reason.  Islam, since its introduction into Dagbon in 1700 through the conversion of Na Zangina,  has exerted great influence on the Dagomba people. Dagomba customs and traditions are inextricably interwoven with Islamic ones. Naming, marriage and funeral ceremonies all show considerable Islamic influences. Even the most important festival of the Dagomba people, Damba, is celebrated to commemorate or coincide with Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. As far back as 1820, Joseph Dupuis, the British Consul to Ghana, on the testimony of Yendi traders, classified Dagbon among “governments which are either purely Moslem, or countries where the Koranic law had been received and serves for the civil code of the believer and infidel.  more >>>

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