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Zoŋ

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Karaga chiefs meeting governor Louis-Gustave Binger of French West Africa inside large Zoŋ in 1892.

Zoŋ (or Zong) is a traditional mostly round-shaped room used by the Dagomba as an assembly hall in a chief's palace or a large family house.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Pellow, Deborah (2011). "Internal transmigrants: A Dagomba diaspora". American Ethnologist. 38 (1): 132–147. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01297.x. ISSN 0094-0496. JSTOR 41241505.