Bissa
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Bissa or Bisa is the name of a tribe living in Burkina Faso and the northern part of Ghana and Togo. Their language, Bissa language, is a Mande language. An alternate name for the Bissa is Busansi which is used by the Mossi people.
The Bissa are known for their cultivation of peanuts. Traditionally, a Bissa man who wants to court a Bissa girl must work in her mother's peanut field, and be able to provide the girl with her own peanut field if they get married.
Daniel McFarland's "Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta" refers to them as "intrusive Mande who settled the area along the White Volta below Tenkodogo by 1300. Some live across the border in modern Ghana and Togo. According to some traditions, Rialle, progenitor of the Nakomse line of Mossi rulers was Busansi."
Some phrases in Bissa:
Good morning - Domireh ki
Good afternoon - Sundareh ki
Good evening/night - Gundareh ki
Thank you - Barka
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