The Lobi belong to an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770, many Lobi peoples migrated into southern Burkina Faso and later into Côte d'Ivoire. The group …

Situated amidst rolling hills and verdant valleys, Lobi Country offers visitors a chance to immerse themselves in the beauty of rural Burkina Faso while experiencing the unique traditions of the …

Lobi, people residing in the western region of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) and in the Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and speaking a Gur language of the Niger-Congo family. They are …

Lobi country. The Lobi inhabit parts of southern Burkina Faso. "The Lobi is a farmer, a hunter and a herder, but above all he is a warrior".

The Lobi-Dagarti peoples are without any overarching tribal organization or, strictly speaking, any territory. They move not as large units, but as family groups, sometimes into other ethnic …

The terms "LoDagaa" and "Lobi-Dagarti" (or Dagara) are used for a cluster of peoples situated across the frontier of Burkina Faso and Ghana, originally grouped together by Labouret, …

Since the 1930s, mass conversions to Catholicism have taken place, beginning among the LoPiel population around Dissin. Since then, the religion has spread widely; churches and hospitals …

The Lobi carvers employed every imaginable form of variation, abstraction and reduction, indulging in the fantastic to such an extent that they are sometimes referred to as the 'wild' or …

Today they live across Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast and Ghana. They mostly practice hoe farming, living on millet, sorghum and corn, and rear cattle in the northern savannah regions. …

Location: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Africa. Language: Lobi (Voltaic). Types of Art: The Lobi carve numerous types of objects, ranging from those used every day to figures that …