They are indigenous in this two regions of Ghana: The Nawuri lives in dozen villages around the chief town of Kpandai, at the eastern end of Salaga district; on the west bank of the Volta Lake/Oti River, some 70 kilometers north of Kete Krachi.
An initiation ceremony is conducted for both boys and girls when they are aged 15.
They wear special clothing and are questioned to test their maturity.
Traditional belief means in sickness it is usual to go to the soothsayer to find out whether one has offended an ancestor.
Christianity was first introduced to the people in 1944 by the WEC Mission and several denominations now work in the area.