Kusasi people

The Kusasi, Kusaasi, or the Kusaal people, are an ethnic group with majority found in the Kusaug state in the upper eastGhana with a population of over 700,000 according to the 2021 population and housing census of Ghana and southern Burkina Faso.

They speak the Kusaal language, which is a Gur language and are believe to the indigenous people of the area compassing an area in the eastern part of the upper east region.

The Overlord of the kusasis is Zugraan Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II who ascended the throne in 1984 after the death of his father Naba Asigri Zonzong ba'ad Wabug I.

The religious beliefs of the kusasis consist of Christianity which majority of the people follows,Islam and traditional religion.

[2] The festival is used to thank God for a bumper harvest during the farming season.