Kassa | |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mali |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mali |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Mopti Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Cercle |
Subdivision Name2: | Koro Cercle |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 1998 |
Population Total: | 11218 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Kassa (Ká:dà) is a commune of the Cercle of Koro in the Mopti Region of Mali. Tommo So is spoken in Kassa. Kassa consists of a cluster of about 17 villages, mostly situated on the top of a plateau.[1] The principal village lies at Berdosso. In 1998 the commune had a population of 11,218.[2]
The local surname is Tolo.[1]
Civil strife and conflict have pitted the local Dozo, who practise animism in the land of the Dogon, against the Islamic fundamentalists made-up mostly of Fulani people who demand of the Dozo to pay the Islamic poll-tax.[3] Disputes have also erupted over grazing rights for cattle.