BASSARI, a west African tribe, well-set-up, prognathous, patrilineal, animistic people of medium stature, living in the Bassari district, northern Togoland. Their language is related to Losso. They have head chiefs and village chiefs taken from among the notables. The extended family group embraces several households living together. Land is held in common with indi vidual ownership of personal property. They are cultivators and cattle-raisers, and employ neighbouring Fulani families as herdsmen.
See Klose, Togo unter deutscher Flagge (1899).