Sandema
Further community-level documentation should preserve multiple oral traditions and distinguish them from administrative history.
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17documented communities
Wiaga
One oral-historical account documented in University of Ghana research associates Wiaga/Wiak with Awiak, a son of Atuga, who is said to have founded the Wiak chiefdom after the brothers dispersed…
Chuchuliga
University of Ghana research records an oral-historical account that Chuchuliga was later founded by descendants of Asam, who is associated in that account with the founding of Sandema. The community’s…
Kadema
One oral-historical account documented in University of Ghana research associates Kadema with Akadem, a son of Atuga, who is said to have moved from Atugapusik and founded the Kadema chiefdom.…
Fumbisi
University of Ghana research records an account in which Fumbisi was later founded by immigrants from the Mamprusi area who settled among Builsa communities under the leadership of Afina. This…
Gbedema
University of Ghana research records an account in which Gbedema was later founded by immigrants from the Mamprusi area who settled among Builsa communities under the leadership of Afina. The…
Yiwasi (Uwasi)
Yiwasi, also encountered as Uwasi in some sources, is represented among major Builsa South localities. Historic district sources also associate Uwasi with the Abuga crocodile pond.