Tamale is home to a culture center which showcases arts and tribes from all over the region. The Dagomba people performed dances such as the Baamaya and Tora, with each having its own meaning behind it. [14] Some annual festivals celebrated in the city are the fire festival, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid Adha and the Damba festival. [3]: 4, 5

Tamale, officially called Tamale Metropolitan Area, is the capital city of The Nothern Region of Ghana with an estimated population of 360.700 people. During the last few years Tamale has developed and transformed significantly and is now the fastest growing city in West Africa.

The main settlement of the Dagomba is Tamale, which also serves as the Northern Region's capital. The Mossi and Dagomba states are among the great West African medieval empires. Beginning in the 12th century, they eventually ruled the lands of the entire northern Volta basin, which today includes all of northern Ghana and Burkina Faso.

Tamale is home to a culture center which showcases arts and tribes from all over the region. The Dagomba people performed dances such as the Baamaya and Tora, with each having its own meaning behind it.

A tamale, in Spanish tamal, is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaves. [1] The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eating or used as a plate.

Prominent festival they celebrate include the Damba, Bugum (fire festival) and the two Islamic Eid Festivals. The most cosmopolitan city of Dagbon is Tamale, which also serves as the Northern...

Tamale, town, north-central Ghana. It lies 600 feet (183 metres) above sea level on a plain 22 miles (35 km) east of the White Volta River. Surrounded by villages with high population densities, Tamale with its modern buildings and wide streets serves as …

Aug 2, 1991 · The concentration of political and religious apparatus in and around Ward D and C, more or less in the centre of Tamale, is highly suggestive of the manner in which both colonial and local politics operated in Tamale: Politically, Tamale was a Dagomba town.

Tamale is the most fertile place in the whole of Ghana. As such, it acts as the food basket providing yams, meat, and cereals in plenty to the whole of the nation. In their local markets, these items retail at a very cheap price in comparison to other places in Ghana.

The author traces the history of Tamale, capital of the present-day Northern Region of Ghana, from the establishment of the British headquarters there in 1907, through to the early 1960s.