"Gourma" redirects here. For the province in Burkina Faso, see Gourma Province.
Gurma (also called Gourma or Gourmantché) is an ethnic group living mainly in northeastern Ghana, Burkina Faso, around Fada N'Gourma, and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin, as well as southwestern Niger. They number approximately 1,750,000.
Gurma
A semi-sphere made by the Gurma in the Musée Africain in Lyon
They might include the Bassaries who live in northern Togo and the Northern Volta of Kingdom of Dagbon, Ghana.
Gurma is also the name of a language spoken by the Gurma (or bigourmantcheba - as they call themselves) people, which is part of the Gur language family. See Gurmanchema language and Oti-Volta languages for related languages spoken by the Gurma.
In 1985, Dr. Richard Alan Swanson wrote a book about the Gourmantché, Gourmantché Ethnoanthropology: A Theory of Human Being. The book presents Gourmantché perception of 'human being' from the perspective of the people themselves, using their own language texts to illustrate concepts. Concepts of God (Otienu), destiny (licabili), the body (gbannandi), life (limiali), death (mikuuma), and all known terms for human body parts are also discussed.
In 2006, in Burkina Faso, Salif Titamba Lankoande published a book on the History and Ethnography of the Gourmantché (“Les Gourmantche”, Presses Africaines du Burkina, Ouagadougou, 2006, 211 p.).
In 2012, the Portuguese Dr. João Pedro Galhano Alves, published in Paris a book on the Gourmantché people and culture, and on the Ethnobiology of the coexistence among humans, lions and biodiversity in the region of the W of Niger, in Niger ("Anthropologie et écosystèmes au Niger. Humains, lions et esprits de la forêt dans la culture gourmantché ", Editions l’Harmattan, Paris, 2012, 448 p.). Since 2005, he also published other books and several articles about this subject and about Gourmantché people. This publications are the result of research fieldwork made by the author in the W of Niger (Niger), between 2002 and 2010. Also, in 2010 and 2011, the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid, Spain), from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) presented a public exhibition mainly based on the research works of this Anthropologist and Ethnobiologist, showing his main data, analysis and concepts, a selection of his photographic archive and his collection of ethnographic and ethnobiological objects collected in several research fields; One part of this exhibition was about the Gourmantché culture and the coexistence among humans, lions and biodiversity in the W of Niger; The title of this exhibition was "Vivir en biodiversidad total con leones, tigres o lobos".
Referencesedit
^ abc"The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
Bibliographyedit
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Humans, lions and biodiversity in the W of Niger. The Gourmantché culture”, “Bajo el Árbol de la Palabra: Resistencias y Transformaciones entre lo Local y lo Global”, Libro del Congreso, 8º Congreso Ibérico de Estudios Africanos (CIEA 8), Grupo de Estudios Africanos (GEA), Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 14-16 Junio 2012, Madrid, 2012, pp. 269–270.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Gourmantché religion and philosophy. Speaking with the “spiritual beings” of nature’. A study in Niger W region”, “Bajo el Árbol de la Palabra: Resistencias y Transformaciones entre lo Local y lo Global”, Libro del Congreso, 8º Congreso Ibérico de Estudios Africanos (CIEA 8), Grupo de Estudios Africanos (GEA), Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 14-16 Junio 2012, Madrid, 2012, pp. 270–271.
(in French) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Anthropologie et écosystèmes au Niger. Humains, lions et esprits de la forêt dans la culture gourmantché ", Editions l’Harmattan, Paris, 2012, 448 p.
(in Spanish) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Antropología y ecosistemas. Vivir en biodiversidad total con leones, tigres o lobos. India – Niger - Portugal", Gobierno de España, Ministerio de Ciencia y Innovación de España, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Rural y Marino de España, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de España, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas de España, Fondo Europeo Agrícola de Desarrollo Rural (FEADER), Unión Europea, Madrid, 2011, 168 p.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, Soumaïla Mordia Wali, "Coexistence among humans, lions and biodiversity in the W of Niger”, “People makes places. Ways of feeling the world”, The 10th congress of the International Society of Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF), Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Panel 315, “Conflicts and perceptions of environment in Natural Protected Areas”, 17–21 April 2011, Lisboa, 2011, p. 248.
(in Portuguese) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Viver com leões. A coexistência entre humanos e biodiversidade no W do Níger. Os Gourmantché”, Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia, Sociedade Portuguesa de Antropologia e de Etnologia, Vol. 49 (1-4), Porto, 2009, pp. 57–77.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "The artificial simulacrum world. The geopolitical elimination of communitary [sic] land use and its effects on our present global condition”, Eloquent Books, New York, 2009, 71 p.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "From land to a simulacrum world; an anthropological essay on the history of an agricultural geo-policy: the elimination of communitary land use systems and its ecological, socio-cultural, psychological and political effects”, The Digital Library of the Commons, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2009, 31 p.
(in Portuguese) João Pedro Galhano Alves, ”Viver com leões. A coexistência entre humanos e biodiversidade no W do Níger. Os Gourmantché”, Livro do IV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Classificar o Mundo, 9-11 Setembro 2009, Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Lisboa, 2009, p. 251.
(in Portuguese) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Viver com leões. A coexistência entre humanos e biodiversidade no W do Níger. Os Gourmantché”, Programa do IV Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Classificar o Mundo, 9-11 Setembro 2009, Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Lisboa, 2009, p. 45.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, “Living with lions”, Down To Earth, Centre for Science and Environment, Vol. 17, nº 6, August 1–15, 2008, New Delhi, 2008, pp. 48–50.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Social rules about dealing with lions in Niger”, The New Nation, Bangladesh's independent News Source, August 18, 2008, Dhaka, 2008, 1 p.
(in Portuguese) João Pedro Galhano Alves, “Caçar com os "génios". Representações da natureza e conservação da biodiversidade no Parque Nacional do W, Niger”, Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia, Sociedade Portuguesa de Antropologia e de Etnologia, Vol. 47 (1-4), Porto, 2007, pp. 93–122.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Human societies and lions in W National Park region (Niger). A synopsis of lion related matters developed in an anthropology of nature research”, African Lion News, Vol. 7 (April 2007), Official newsletter of the African Lion Working Group, IUCN, Species Survival Commission, Cat and Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Brandhof, 2007, pp. 27–44.
(in Portuguese) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Uso e representações da natureza na região do Parque Nacional do W, Niger. Ilustrações a partir da caça com arco e outras práticas", Terceiro Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia. Afinidade e Diferença, 6-8 Abril 2006, Resumos, Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lisboa, 2006, p. 22.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Coexistence among Human and Lion Societies; a short outline of an ethnobiology research carried out in W National Park region (Niger)", Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology (ICE 2006), Ethnobiology: Food, Health, and Cultural Landscape, 5–9 November 2006, Contributions, Received Papers, The International Society of Ethnobiology, Thai Library Association, Khon Kaen University, Chiang Mai University, Rajabhat Chiang Rai University, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 2006, 8 p.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Bow and Arrow Hunting as Key Component of West Africa Savannah Societies' Use and Perceptions of Nature; the example of W National Park region, Niger", Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology (ICE 2006), Ethnobiology: Food, Health, and Cultural Landscape, 5–9 November 2006, Contributions, Received Papers, The International Society of Ethnobiology, Thai Library Association, Khon Kaen University, Chiang Mai University, Rajabhat Chiang Rai University, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 2006, 4 p.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Coexistence among Human and Lion Societies; a short outline of an ethnobiology research carried out in W National Park region (Niger)", Program, Abstracts, and List of Participants, Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology, ICE 2006, Ethnobiology: Food, Health, and Cultural Landscape, 5–9 November 2006, The International Society of Ethnobiology, Thai Library Association, Khon Kaen University, Chiang Mai University, Rajabhat Chiang Rai University, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 2006, 8 p.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, "Bow and Arrow Hunting as Key Component of West Africa Savannah Societies' Use and Perceptions of Nature; the example of W National Park region, Niger", Program, Abstracts, and List of Participants, Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology, ICE 2006, Ethnobiology: Food, Health, and Cultural Landscape, 5–9 November 2006, The International Society of Ethnobiology, Thai Library Association, Khon Kaen University, Chiang Mai University, Rajabhat Chiang Rai University, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 2006, pp. 9–12.
(in English) João Pedro Galhano Alves, Ali Harouna, "Human Societies, Lions and Biodiversity in West Africa. The example of Niger W National Park region (East Gourma)", Selección de Textos, Máster en Espacios Naturales Protegidos, módulo 3 Desarrollo sostenible y servicios ambientales (coordinador Prof. Catedrático António Goméz Sal), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Alcalá, Fundación Fernando González Bernáldez, EUROPARC España, Alcalá de Henares, 2005, 4 p.
(in English) Richard Alan Swanson, “Gourma ethnoanatomy: a theory of human being”, Ph.D. Thesis, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1976, 437 p.
(in French) Salif Titamba Lankoande, “Les Gourmantche”, Presses Africaines du Burkina, Ouagadougou, 2006, 211 p.
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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gourma redirects here For the province in Burkina Faso see Gourma Province Gurma also called Gourma or Gourmantche is an ethnic group living mainly in northeastern Ghana Burkina Faso around Fada N Gourma and also in northern areas of Togo and Benin as well as southwestern Niger They number approximately 1 750 000 GurmaA semi sphere made by the Gurma in the Musee Africain in LyonTotal population 3 3 million citation needed Regions with significant populations Ghana1 845 255 2021 1 Burkina Faso1 496 786 2021 1 Niger188 846 2021 1 LanguagesGourmanche French Ngangam Ntcham NateniReligionIslamRelated ethnic groupsother Gur peoplesPeoplebigurmancebaLanguagemigurmancemaThey might include the Bassaries who live in northern Togo and the Northern Volta of Kingdom of Dagbon Ghana Gurma is also the name of a language spoken by the Gurma or bigourmantcheba as they call themselves people which is part of the Gur language family See Gurmanchema language and Oti Volta languages for related languages spoken by the Gurma Contents 1 Overview 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksOverview edit nbsp Gurma weaponIn 1985 Dr Richard Alan Swanson wrote a book about the Gourmantche Gourmantche Ethnoanthropology A Theory of Human Being The book presents Gourmantche perception of human being from the perspective of the people themselves using their own language texts to illustrate concepts Concepts of God Otienu destiny licabili the body gbannandi life limiali death mikuuma and all known terms for human body parts are also discussed In 2006 in Burkina Faso Salif Titamba Lankoande published a book on the History and Ethnography of the Gourmantche Les Gourmantche Presses Africaines du Burkina Ouagadougou 2006 211 p In 2012 the Portuguese Dr Joao Pedro Galhano Alves published in Paris a book on the Gourmantche people and culture and on the Ethnobiology of the coexistence among humans lions and biodiversity in the region of the W of Niger in Niger Anthropologie et ecosystemes au Niger Humains lions et esprits de la foret dans la culture gourmantche Editions l Harmattan Paris 2012 448 p Since 2005 he also published other books and several articles about this subject and about Gourmantche people This publications are the result of research fieldwork made by the author in the W of Niger Niger between 2002 and 2010 Also in 2010 and 2011 the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Madrid Spain from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Spain presented a public exhibition mainly based on the research works of this Anthropologist and Ethnobiologist showing his main data analysis and concepts a selection of his photographic archive and his collection of ethnographic and ethnobiological objects collected in several research fields One part of this exhibition was about the Gourmantche culture and the coexistence among humans lions and biodiversity in the W of Niger The title of this exhibition was Vivir en biodiversidad total con leones tigres o lobos References edit a b c The World Factbook Central Intelligence Agency www cia gov Retrieved 2018 01 19 Bibliography edit in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Humans lions and biodiversity in the W of Niger The Gourmantche culture Bajo el Arbol de la Palabra Resistencias y Transformaciones entre lo Local y lo Global Libro del Congreso 8º Congreso Iberico de Estudios Africanos CIEA 8 Grupo de Estudios Africanos GEA Facultad de Derecho Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 14 16 Junio 2012 Madrid 2012 pp 269 270 in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Gourmantche religion and philosophy Speaking with the spiritual beings of nature A study in Niger W region Bajo el Arbol de la Palabra Resistencias y Transformaciones entre lo Local y lo Global Libro del Congreso 8º Congreso Iberico de Estudios Africanos CIEA 8 Grupo de Estudios Africanos GEA Facultad de Derecho Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 14 16 Junio 2012 Madrid 2012 pp 270 271 in French Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Anthropologie et ecosystemes au Niger Humains lions et esprits de la foret dans la culture gourmantche Editions l Harmattan Paris 2012 448 p in Spanish Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Antropologia y ecosistemas Vivir en biodiversidad total con leones tigres o lobos India Niger Portugal Gobierno de Espana Ministerio de Ciencia y Innovacion de Espana Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Rural y Marino de Espana Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Espana Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas de Espana Fondo Europeo Agricola de Desarrollo Rural FEADER Union Europea Madrid 2011 168 p in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Soumaila Mordia Wali Coexistence among humans lions and biodiversity in the W of Niger People makes places Ways of feeling the world The 10th congress of the International Society of Ethnology and Folklore SIEF Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais e Humanas Universidade Nova de Lisboa Panel 315 Conflicts and perceptions of environment in Natural Protected Areas 17 21 April 2011 Lisboa 2011 p 248 in Portuguese Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Viver com leoes A coexistencia entre humanos e biodiversidade no W do Niger Os Gourmantche Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia Sociedade Portuguesa de Antropologia e de Etnologia Vol 49 1 4 Porto 2009 pp 57 77 in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves The artificial simulacrum world The geopolitical elimination of communitary sic land use and its effects on our present global condition Eloquent Books New York 2009 71 p in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves From land to a simulacrum world an anthropological essay on the history of an agricultural geo policy the elimination of communitary land use systems and its ecological socio cultural psychological and political effects The Digital Library of the Commons Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 2009 31 p in Portuguese Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Viver com leoes A coexistencia entre humanos e biodiversidade no W do Niger Os Gourmantche Livro do IV Congresso da Associacao Portuguesa de Antropologia Classificar o Mundo 9 11 Setembro 2009 Associacao Portuguesa de Antropologia Lisboa 2009 p 251 in Portuguese Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Viver com leoes A coexistencia entre humanos e biodiversidade no W do Niger Os Gourmantche Programa do IV Congresso da Associacao Portuguesa de Antropologia Classificar o Mundo 9 11 Setembro 2009 Associacao Portuguesa de Antropologia Lisboa 2009 p 45 in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Living with lions Down To Earth Centre for Science and Environment Vol 17 nº 6 August 1 15 2008 New Delhi 2008 pp 48 50 in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Social rules about dealing with lions in Niger The New Nation Bangladesh s independent News Source August 18 2008 Dhaka 2008 1 p in Portuguese Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Cacar com os genios Representacoes da natureza e conservacao da biodiversidade no Parque Nacional do W Niger Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia Sociedade Portuguesa de Antropologia e de Etnologia Vol 47 1 4 Porto 2007 pp 93 122 in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Human societies and lions in W National Park region Niger A synopsis of lion related matters developed in an anthropology of nature research African Lion News Vol 7 April 2007 Official newsletter of the African Lion Working Group IUCN Species Survival Commission Cat and Conservation Breeding Specialist Group Brandhof 2007 pp 27 44 in Portuguese Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Uso e representacoes da natureza na regiao do Parque Nacional do W Niger Ilustracoes a partir da caca com arco e outras praticas Terceiro Congresso da Associacao Portuguesa de Antropologia Afinidade e Diferenca 6 8 Abril 2006 Resumos Associacao Portuguesa de Antropologia Instituto de Ciencias Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa Lisboa 2006 p 22 in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Coexistence among Human and Lion Societies a short outline of an ethnobiology research carried out in W National Park region Niger Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology ICE 2006 Ethnobiology Food Health and Cultural Landscape 5 9 November 2006 Contributions Received Papers The International Society of Ethnobiology Thai Library Association Khon Kaen University Chiang Mai University Rajabhat Chiang Rai University Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai 2006 8 p in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Bow and Arrow Hunting as Key Component of West Africa Savannah Societies Use and Perceptions of Nature the example of W National Park region Niger Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology ICE 2006 Ethnobiology Food Health and Cultural Landscape 5 9 November 2006 Contributions Received Papers The International Society of Ethnobiology Thai Library Association Khon Kaen University Chiang Mai University Rajabhat Chiang Rai University Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai 2006 4 p in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Coexistence among Human and Lion Societies a short outline of an ethnobiology research carried out in W National Park region Niger Program Abstracts and List of Participants Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology ICE 2006 Ethnobiology Food Health and Cultural Landscape 5 9 November 2006 The International Society of Ethnobiology Thai Library Association Khon Kaen University Chiang Mai University Rajabhat Chiang Rai University Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai 2006 8 p in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Bow and Arrow Hunting as Key Component of West Africa Savannah Societies Use and Perceptions of Nature the example of W National Park region Niger Program Abstracts and List of Participants Xth International Congress of Ethnobiology ICE 2006 Ethnobiology Food Health and Cultural Landscape 5 9 November 2006 The International Society of Ethnobiology Thai Library Association Khon Kaen University Chiang Mai University Rajabhat Chiang Rai University Mae Fah Luang University Chiang Rai 2006 pp 9 12 in English Joao Pedro Galhano Alves Ali Harouna Human Societies Lions and Biodiversity in West Africa The example of Niger W National Park region East Gourma Seleccion de Textos Master en Espacios Naturales Protegidos modulo 3 Desarrollo sostenible y servicios ambientales coordinador Prof Catedratico Antonio Gomez Sal Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Universidad Complutense de Madrid Universidad de Alcala Fundacion Fernando Gonzalez Bernaldez EUROPARC Espana Alcala de Henares 2005 4 p in English Richard Alan Swanson Gourma ethnoanatomy a theory of human being Ph D Thesis Northwestern University Evanston Illinois 1976 437 p in French Salif Titamba Lankoande Les Gourmantche Presses Africaines du Burkina Ouagadougou 2006 211 p External links editGurma at Encyclopaedia Britannica Werner Louis Sharing the Shade The Elephants of Gourma Saudi Aramco World 2000 nbsp This article about an ethnic group 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