Editing Navrongo (section)

==History==
The town was founded around 1740 by Butu, a Nankane speaking hunter from Zecco (present day southern [[Burkina Faso]]), who initially settled in Pungu (a [[Kasena language|Kasem]] speaking community further south of Zecco).<ref name="adewoba">Adewoba.  'Aspects of Wealth and Exchange'.</ref> During the 19th century, the town became an important staging post on the [[Sahel]] caravan route. At the beginning of the 20th century the British established a base at Navrongo.<ref name="Arhim">Arhim. 'The Papers of George Ferguson'.</ref>

A Catholic mission was established in 1906 - the [[White Fathers]] ("Pères Blancs"), a [[France|French]] group made up of [[French Canadians]]. They came to Upper East region from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) due to French anti-clerical laws (the Fathers believed they would be expelled from Upper Volta). The British allowed them to set up in Navrongo on the condition that the school that they were to establish used English only. Despite a rocky beginning (the Fathers had learnt the wrong local language and only attracted 5 students in the first 18 months), the school eventually became a success – a [[British people|British]] official in 1927 said that it was the best school (of only 5) in the north of Ghana.<ref name="Kimble">Kimble.  'A political history of Ghana'.</ref> Following Ghana's 1957 liberation from British colonial authority, Navrongo was designated as the district capital of the Kassena/Nankani district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-16 |title=The history of Navrongo |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/The-history-of-Navrongo-448181 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref>