Kuga Naa

The Kuga Naa (native: Kuɣu Naa, pronounced Ku u Naa) is an elder in the court of the Yaa Naa, in the Kingdom of Dagbon in northern Ghana,[1] and head of a four-member committee that constitute the kingmakers of Dagbon. The current Kuga Naa is Abdulai Adam II.[2] The Kingmakers of Dagbon are the ultimate custodians of the Dagbon constitution, with the Kuga Naa acting as the mouthpiece for the oracle that chooses a new Yaa Naa. The other Kingmakers are Tugurinam and Gomli; who are also courtiers at the Gbewaa Palace, and Gushei Naa; the chief of Gushegu.[3] The first Kuɣu Naa was Naa Sitobu’s younger brother. After him, unlike the other courtiers, this office has been hereditary.

References

  1. ^ Apoh, Wazi; Lundt, Bea (2013). Germany and Its West African Colonies: "excavations" of German Colonialism in Post-colonial Times. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 9783643903037.
  2. ^ "Head of Andani family now new Dagbon overlord". Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  3. ^ MacGaffey, Wyatt (2013). Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813933863.