The term Dagbamba is originally extended to refer to other related peoples who were unified by Naa Gbewaa including the Mamprusi and Nanumba.

The Dagomba resisted European Colonization even after Germany burnt down and occupied its capital, Yendi,[11][12] located in Eastern Dagbon (Naya).

The Dagomba are one of few African people who reserve royal titles for women[citation needed].

Dagomba women rule, ascend to royal positions with male subjects, and own regal lands.

[19][20] Historically, its noble daughter, Yennenga, is regarded as the "mother" of the Mossi kingdoms,[21][22][23] a people who constitute nearly half of the nation of Burkina Faso.

After joining Gold Coast as a protectorate (not colony), the Dagombas adopted the Greek and Latin alphabets.

[27][28] Women are held in high regard, and children fear the displeasure and wrath of the mother.

The Dagombas are one of the few peoples in Africa to have female chiefs who possess regal lands and rule over male subjects.

[41][42] Today, the Dagomba have provided free lands to many Christian missionaries to undertake their activities.

Dagomba are one of the ethnic groups with a sophisticated oral tradition woven around drums and other musical instruments.

Thus, Dagbon history has been passed down meticulously via oral tradition, with drummers as professional griots known as Lunsi.

[45] According to oral tradition, the political history of Dagbon has its origin in the life story of a legend called Tohazie (translated as "red hunter").

[47] The reformist activities of Afa Ajura in the middle of the twentieth century caused entire communities to embrace the Islamic religion en masse.

The largest settlement of the Dagomba is Tamale, Ghana's third populous and the Northern Region's capital.

During their second northern expansion, the Mossi invasion reached eastern Maasina and Lake Débo c. 1400, Benka in c. 1433 and Walata in 1477-83 (these empires were in present-day Mali).

Some members of the ruling class descended from Naa Gbewaa, whose ancestors migrated from around the areas of Lake Chad after the break up of the Ghana Empire at the end of the 13th Century.

These are the Tamale Metropolitan, Yendi, Savelugu and Sagnerigu municipals, and Tolon, Kumbungu, Nanton, Gushegu, Karaga, Zabzugu, Saboba, Sang, Tatale and Cheriponi districts.

The Dagbon Kingdom has traditional administrative responsibilities hitherto acephalous groups like the Konkomba, Bimoba, Chekosi, Basaari, Chamba, Wala, Gurusi and Zantasi.

[citation needed] Another characteristic of the Dagomba is that their houses are arranged in a certain order, where the chief or elderly man has his hut built in the centre.

Muslims celebrate the fire festival, known as Bugum, to commemorate the arrival of Prophet Noah's (Nuhu) Ark following the flood.

Since the celebration brings in a new year, some non-Muslims use this time to give sacrifices to God and their ancestors.