Mamprusi people

The Mamprusi are an ethnic group in northern Ghana and Togo. Estimates are that there are about 200,000 Mamprusi living in the Northern Regions of Ghana as of 2013. They speak Mampruli, one of the Gur languages. In Ghana, the Mamprusi live mainly in Nalerigu, Gambaga, Walewale, and their surrounding towns and villages in the North East Region.