Yaa Naa
{{Short description|Absolute monarch of the Kingdom of Dagbon}}
The Yaa Naa is the title of the king of Dagbon, the Kingdom of the Dagomba people, located in the Northern Region of present-day Ghana. The current Yaa Naa is Mahama Abukari Gariba II.{{Cite web |title=2-5: The Yaa-Naa and the Yendi Elders |url=http://www.adrummerstestament.com/2/2-05_The_Yaa-Naa_and_the_Yendi_Elders.html |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=www.adrummerstestament.com}} He was enskinned on Friday, January 25, 2019.
The Lion of Gbewaa is the totemic symbol of the Yaa Naa.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-10-05 |title=‘Lion emblem is preserve of Yaa-Naa’ |url=https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/lion-emblem-is-preserve-of-yaa-naa/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Ghanaian Times |language=en}}
The Konkomba, Bimoba, Chekosi, Basaari, Chamba, Gurusi and Zantasi tribes reside within Dagbon.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90-xCgAAQBAJ&dq=acephalous+tribe+of+dagbon&pg=PA98|title=Evil in Africa: Encounters with the Everyday|last1=Olsen|first1=William C.|last2=Beek|first2=Walter E. A. van|date=2015-08-30|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253017505|language=en}}
Titles of the Yaa Naa
The titles of the Yaa Naa include Naa Gbewaa, Yoɣu Tolana, Saɣinlana, Tihi ni Mori Lana.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
List of the Yaa Naas
For detailed genealogy, see List of Kings of Dagbon
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Name of Yaa Naa !Period of Kingship !Number of Years |
| Naa Nyagse
|1416 - 1432 |16 Years |
| Naa Zuulande
|1432–1442 |10 Years |
| Naa Beriguyumda
|1442–1456 |14 Years |
| Naa Daligudamda
|1456–1469 |13 Years |
| Naa Zoligu
|1469–1486 |17 Years |
| Naa Zong
|1486–1506 |20 Years |
| Naa Neng-Mitong
|1506–1514 |8 Years |
| Naa Dimani
|1514–1527 |13 Years |
| Naa Yanzo
|1527–1543 |16 Years |
| Naa Darizeugu
|1543–1554 |11 Years |
| Naa Luro
|1554–1570 |16 Years |
| Naa Tutugri
|1570–1589 |19 Years |
| Naa Zagle
|1589–1609 |20 Years |
| Naa Zolkugli
|1609–1627 |18 Years |
| Naa Gungoble
|1627–1648 |21 Years |
| Naa Zangina
|1648–1677 |29 Years |
| Naa Andani Sigile
|1677–1687 |10 Years |
| Naa Binbegu
|1687–1700 |13 Years |
| Naa Gariba
|1700–1720 |20 Years |
| Naa Salan Zeblim
|1720–1735 |15 Years |
| Naa Zeblim Bandamda
|1735–1749 |14 Years |
| Naa Andani Jengbariga
|1749–1765 |16 Years |
| Naa Mahami
|1765–1785 |20 Years |
| Naa Sumani Zoli
|1785–1806 |21 Years |
| Naa Zablim Kulunku
|1806–1824 |18 Years |
| Naa Yakubu Nantoo
|1824–1849 |25 Years |
| Naa Abdulai Nagbiogu
|1849–1876 |27 Years |
| Naa Andani Naanigoe
|1876–1899 |23 Years |
| Naa Alhassan Tipariga
|1899–1917 |18 Years |
| Naa Abudu Satan Kugli
|1917–1938 |21 Years |
| Naa Mahaman Kpema
|1938–1948 |10 Years |
| Naa Mahaman Bila
|1948–1953 |5 Years |
| Naa Abdulai Gmarigong
|1953–1968 |15 Years |
| Naa Andani Zoli-kugli
|1968–1968 |100 Days |
| Naa Mahamadu Abdulai
|1969–1974 |5 Years |
| Naa Yakubu Andani
|1974–2002 |28 Years |
| Naa Gariba Banyoliyeligu
|2019–present | |
References
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