Moba people

The Moba people, or Bimoba, are a Gur-speaking ethnic group from north-eastern Ghana and north-western Togo.

[1] The Bimoba are believed to have migrated southwards from present-day Burkina Faso following the collapse of the Kingdom of Fada-Gurma around 1420.

Presently, the clan groups of the Bimoba include Luok, Gnadaung, Dikperu, Puri, Tanmung, Gbong, Labsiak, Kunduek, Buok, the Baakpang, Turinwe, Nabakib, Naniik, Poukpera, Maab and Kanyakib.

A typical Bimoba compound would have a clay construction altar (patir; plural: pataa) in an enclosed hut (nakouk) where sacrifices are made to invoke the presence of the ancestors.

The tingban is visited at times of problems that concern the entire community such as a drought or a disease outbreak.