Kuga Naa

{{Short description|Elder in the court of the Yaa Naa in Ghana}} 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,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWU46V-1nB8C&dq=kuga+naa&pg=PA177|title=Germany and Its West African Colonies: "excavations" of German Colonialism in Post-colonial Times|last1=Apoh|first1=Wazi|last2=Lundt|first2=Bea|date=2013|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=9783643903037|language=en}}</ref> and head of a four-member committee that constitute the ''kingmakers of Dagbon''. The current Kuga Naa is Abdulai Adam II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zaaradio.com/local/head-of-andani-family-now-new-dagbon-overlord/|title=Head of Andani family now new Dagbon overlord|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MQ-5Elyg2kC&dq=yaa+naa+kuga+naa+grass&pg=PT94|title=Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-singers: History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana|last=MacGaffey|first=Wyatt|date=2013|publisher=University of Virginia Press|isbn=9780813933863|language=en}}</ref> The first Kuɣu Naa was Naa Sitobu’s younger brother. After him, unlike the other courtiers, this office has been hereditary.

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Category:Dagbon