Yagbum Explained

Yagbum was the capital city of the Gonja (kingdom) founded by Naba'a of the Ngbanya dynasty. Naba'a reigned from 1552/3 to 1582/3.^[1]

It is now northern Ghana, near the Black Volta and was founded by the Mande horsemen (c. 1600).

References

• Wilks. Ivor. October 1982. Wangara, Akan and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. II. The Struggle for Trade. The Journal of African History. 23. 4. 463–472. 10.1017/s0021853700021307. 163064591 . 0021-8537.

Notes and References

1. Book: Wilks,Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Bakewell. Peter. Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. 1997. Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. Aldershot. 30.