Dan (Gio Or Yakuba)

Placere: Mountainous West-Central Côte D’Ivoire

Biografi:

The Dan, also known as Danwopeumin, Yacouba, or Yakouba, are an ethnolinguistic grouping of people inhabiting the mountainous west-central Côte d’Ivoire and adjacent areas of Liberia. They belong to the Southern branch of the Mande linguistic subgroup and speak the Dan language, a Southeast Mande language. The Dan are known for their art, especially their mask rituals, as well as their secret society, Gor. The Dan originally came from the western Sudan region to the north, part of present-day Mali and Guinea.