Salagawura Kanyiti Osman Fusheini, Chief of Salaga

Date: July 1, 2004
The Salawura Osman Fusheini was enskinned as Salagawura in 1983. Beginning as a strangers' settlement, Salaga is now the chief town in Eastern Gonja. It was famous as a market in the precolonial times. Present during the interview were two Salaga residents Kassampuwura Mumini and Baba Ibrahim.

Kpembiwura Alhaji Ibrahim Haruna, Paramount Chief of Kpembe

Date: July 4, 2004
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Alhaji Haruna is the paramount Chief of Kpembe, the Gonja Division with the famous market town of Salaga in precolonial times. He was interviewed in the presence of two of his sub-chiefs, the chief of Salaga and the chief of Mobu (the indigenes), who made contributions to the interview.

Ferry on Volta River at Makango Port in eastern Gonja

Date: 2006
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The Volta River separated Gonja from Asante, and the king of Asante in precolonial times declared Salaga as the final stop for northern traders. A ferry service now connects eastern Gonja on the northern shore of the Volta at Makango with Yeji on the southern shore of the Volta and Asante.

Kpembiwura Alhaji Ibrahim Haruna, chief of Kpembe and overlord of Salaga

Date: 2006
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Kpembiwura Alhaji Ibrahim Haruna is chief of Kpembe and overlord of Salaga town. Kpembi town, the royal town of Kpembe division in the Gonja state, is the residence of the Kpembiwura and about two miles from Salaga.

Kpembiwura Alhaji Ibrahim Haruna, his elders and Professor E. Akyeampong

Date: 2006
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Kpembiwura with female elder of palace and two sub-chiefs, the Mobuwura (blue and white cap) and the Salagawura (chief of Salaga in black cap). Though Salaga is in the Gonja State, chiefs of Salaga have traditionally been Hausa, appointed by and responsible to the Kpembiwura. The present chief of Salaga is Kanyiti Mahama Osman Fusheini.