The Yarse or Yarsé are a people of Burkina Faso, living among the Mossi. The population in the mid-1990s was estimated at 190,000, of whom 90% were Muslims. They are the descendants of Mandinka traders who arrived in the area in the late seventeenth century, bringing Islam. In 1780, they were granted permission by the Mossi king to settle through...
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(from the article `Burkina Faso`) Two principal ethnic groups live in Burkina Faso. The first of these is the Voltaic (Gur) group, which may be further divided into five subgroups—the ...
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