NABDAM. See NAMNAM.

NABÉ. See KULANGO.

NABTAB. See BENI AMER.

NACHÉRÉ. The Nachérés are an ethnic group who live in Chad. They speak
a Chadian language and are concentrated in Tandjilé Prefecture. Their language
represents a transition between Massa^* and Sara.^* Most Nachérés are small
farmers, raising millet, maize, and cotton.

REFERENCE: Thomas Collelo et al. Chad: A Country Study. 1988.

NAFANA. The Nafanas are an ethnic group whom anthropologists classify as
part of the larger cluster of Senufo^* peoples of West Africa. The Nafanas are
concentrated along the border of northern Ivory Coast, southern Mali, and south-
western Burkina-Faso. Most of them are small farmers, raising corn, rice, yams,
peanuts, sesame, and sweet potatoes.

REFERENCE: Daniel M. McFarland. Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta. 1978.

NAFUNFIA. See SHAGAWU.

NAGO. See NAGOT.

NAGOT. The Nagot, also known as the Nago, are a Yoruba^* people of Benin.
Most of the 50,000 to 60,000 Nagot people are concentrated in Ketou, Savé,
north of Abomey, and in Porto Novo. In Porto Novo, they have heavily mixed
with the Gouns,^* another Yoruba people. They are a well-educated, upwardly
mobile, political influential people.

REFERENCE: Samuel Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Benin. 1987.

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