The
Senufo (the
francophone spelling
Senoufo is commonly used) are an ethnolinguistic group composed of diverse subgroups of
Gur-speaking people living in an area spanning from southern
Mali and the extreme western corner of
Burkina Faso to
Katiola in
Ivory Coast. One group, the
Nafana, is found in north-western
Ghana. The Senufo number somewhere between 1.5 and 2.7 million and speak the various
Senufo languages.
Korhogo, an ancient town in northern Ivory Coast dating from the 13th century, is the capital of the Senufo people. The Senufo are predominantly an agricultural people cultivating millet, yams, peanut, and rice.