Rulers of the Northern state of Gonja

This is a list of rulers of Gonja

Gonja

This page discusses the Ghanaian kingdom of Gonja; for uses for the word Ganja, see Ganja Gonja was a kingdom in northern Ghana; the word can also refer to the people of this kingdom. The Gonja are a Guan people who have been influenced by both Akan people and Mande people. With the fall of the...

, a kingdom located in the north of Ghana

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
c.1600	Invasion by Ngbanya clan, from Songhay in Mali Mali Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
1675	Establishment of Gonja Gonja This page discusses the Ghanaian kingdom of Gonja; for uses for the word Ganja, see Ganja Gonja was a kingdom in northern Ghana; the word can also refer to the people of this kingdom. The Gonja are a Guan people who have been influenced by both Akan people and Mande people. With the fall of the... paramount ruler Yagbongwura
Yagbongwura (Paramount Rulers)
Ngbanya Dynasty
1675 to 1698	Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa, Yagbongwura
1698 to 1698	Limu, Yagbongwura
1698 to 1709	Sulemana Jakpa	In rebellion
1698 to 1698	Lanyon Lanyon Lanyon is an English surname, and may refer to:* Charles Lanyon , English architect* Hastie Lanyon, a fictional character in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* Owen Lanyon , British colonial administrator... , Regent
1698 to 1699	Lanyon Lanyon Lanyon is an English surname, and may refer to:* Charles Lanyon , English architect* Hastie Lanyon, a fictional character in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* Owen Lanyon , British colonial administrator... , Yagbongwura
1699 to February 1709	Abbas
February 1709 to 25 May 1709	Abbas, Yagbongwura
1709 to 1712	Mahama Labayiru, Yagbongwura
1712 to ????	Bur' Lanyon, Regent
???? to ????	Kankanga, Yagbongwura
???? to ????	Safu, Yagbongwura
???? to ????	Kali, Yagbongwura
???? to 1858	Jakpa, Yagbongwura
1858 to 1873	Nyantachi, Yagbongwura
1873 to 18??	Jiau, Yagbongwura
18?? to 18??	Kpirku, Yagbongwura
18?? to 1891	Kurbang, Yagbongwura
1891 to 1896	Interregnum Interregnum An interregnum is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order...
1896 to 1907	Pontomprong, Yagbongwura
1907 to 1909	Lanyon Lanyon Lanyon is an English surname, and may refer to:* Charles Lanyon , English architect* Hastie Lanyon, a fictional character in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* Owen Lanyon , British colonial administrator... , Yagbongwura
1909 to 1912	Interregnum Interregnum An interregnum is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order...
1912 to 1937	Dangbonga, Yagbongwura
1937 to 1942	Banbanga, Yagbongwura
1942 to 1942	Singbing Lanyon, Yagbongwura
1942 to 1975	Ewuntoma, Yagbongwura
1975 to 1982	Kurabaso, Yagbongwura
1983 to 26 January 1987	Timu Timu Timu may refer to:* John Timu , a rugby player* a ruler of the Northern state of Gonja, Ghana from 1983 to 1987... , Yagbongwura
1987 to 1990	Kanyiti, Yagbongwura
1990 to 1992	Bi-Awuribi, Yagbongwura
1992 to 1993	Ale Adengi Tikpiri, Yagbongwura
7 December 1993 to 2000	Bore Nyinche, Yagbongwura
2000 to present	Bawah Abudu Doshie, Yagbongwura

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