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Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (1945–2002) was the King of Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27 March 2002. He was born in August 1945 in Sagnarigu, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. Yakubu II was killed on 27 March 2002 at Yendi, the capital of the Kingdom of Dagbon, by supporters of Abudu royal family when clashes broke out between the two feuding Gates of Dagbon Kingship. For 600 years the Abudu and Andani clans, named after two sons of the ancient Dagbon king Ya Naa Yakubu I, cordially rotated control of the kingdom centred in Yendi, 530 kilometres (330 mi) north of Accra, the capital of Ghana. As of January 2014, a regent (installed in 2006) has acted as sovereign of the kingdom until a new
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Yakubu_II
Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (1945–2002) was the King of Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27 March 2002. He was born in August 1945 in Sagnarigu, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. Yakubu II was killed on 27 March 2002 at Yendi, the capital of the Kingdom of Dagbon, by supporters of Abudu royal family when clashes broke out between the two feuding Gates of Dagbon Kingship. For 600 years the Abudu and Andani clans, named after two sons of the ancient Dagbon king Ya Naa Yakubu I, cordially rotated control of the kingdom centred in Yendi, 530 kilometres (330 mi) north of Accra, the capital of Ghana. As of January 2014, a regent (installed in 2006) has acted as sovereign of the kingdom until a new
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Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (1945 ...... e revered Lion Skins of Yendi.
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King of Dagbamba;King of Dagbɔŋ
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Tihi ni Mori Lana
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1945-08-01
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Saɣnarigu, Tamale
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2006-04-10
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Late Yaa-Naa Yakubu II
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Enskined
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1972-05-31
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2002-03-27
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Yaa Naa Andani III
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Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II
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Andani
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Zenabu Mahama
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Teacher
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Your Majesty
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Gbaŋ Lana
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Kampakuya Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani
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Islam
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King Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II of the Kingdom of Dagbɔŋ
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Gbanzaluŋ, Katini, Sologu and 24 others
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Yaa-Naa Yakubu II
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