Gbeogo is a village in northern Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

. It is situated to the south-east of Bolgatanga

Bolgatanga

Bolgatanga, colloquially known as Bolga, is the capital of both the Bolgatanga Municipal District and the Upper East Region of Ghana, and has a population of about 72,000...

, in the Tallensi Traditional Area

Tallensi Traditional Area

The Tallensi Traditional Area is a region of northern Ghana, and home to the Tallensi people. It is mainly covered in open savanna. Villages in the area include Gbeogo....

. Gbeogo is populated by the Tallensi

Tallensi

The Tallensi are a tribe of the Frafra people of northern Ghana, numbering a few tens of thousands. They speak Talni, a dialect of the Frafra language, and maintain an agricultural mode of subsistence...

 people, and consists mainly of mud-built dwellings. The village is home to a deaf school and has been host to American Peace Corps

Peace Corps

The Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...

 Volunteers for decades. They run the tree nursery, teach in the deaf school and work in the dispensary

Dispensary

A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital or other organization that dispenses medications and medical supplies. In a traditional dispensary set-up a pharmacist dispenses medication as per prescription or order form....

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External links

Two reports of a stay in Gbeogo by Marios Cleovoulou, 1998:

• How does development affect culture? – an essay
• 1998 Newsletter – including a description of Gbeogo