The 'Lobi' are an
ethnic group that originated in what is today
Ghana. Starting around
1770 many of the Lobi migrated into
Burkina Faso and later into
Côte d'Ivoire. Currently the group consists of around 160,000 people. Lobi is also the name of the language spoken by the Lobi people.
The Lobi are known for their use of poisoned arrows in resisting the French colonial invasion.
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Lobi information from University of Iowa