TheNafana are aSenufo people living in the central north-west ofGhana and the north-east ofCôte d'Ivoire, in the area east ofBondoukou. They number about 45, 000 (SIL/GILLBT 1992) and speakNafaanra, aSenufo language. They are surrounded byGur speakers to the north, the isolated Mande-speakingLigbi people to the east, and the Akan-speakingAbron to the south. The Nafana people relate that they come from Côte d'Ivoire, a village called Kakala. According to Jordan (1978), their oral history says that some of their people are still there, and they would not be allowed to leave again. They arrived in the Banda area after theLigbi people, who according to Stahl (2004) came from Bigu (Begho, Bighu) to the area in the early 17th century. Some major towns of the Nafana people areSampa, Kokoa, Duadaso No 1, Duadaso No 2, Jamera, Debibi, and Kabile in theJaman North District. Brodi and Debibi are in theTain District.Banda Ahenkro in theBanda District. The people are mainly farmers. Their major festival is the Songhei Festival mainly originally in Jamala or Jamera celebrated annually. The Nafana people are the real who can trace their origins to the Songhai empire. Their main cultural heritage town is Jamera where all their history and traditions are based.

• Pitt, Walter (1926) 'The Mfantera or Frantomafo meaning those who wear clothes',Gold Coast Review 2/1: 71–77.
• Stahl, Ann (2004). "Making history in Banda: Reflections on the construction of Africa's past", inHistorical Archaeology, 38, 1, 50–56.

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