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The Mossi kingdoms were organized around five different kingdoms: Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, Fada N'gourma, Zondoma (later replaced by Yatenga), and Boussouma. However, there were as many as 19 additional lesser Mossi kingdoms, which retained connection to one of the four main kingdoms. [6]
The first Mossi Kingdom was centered around Tenkodogo. [8] Wogodogo, initially a client state of Tenkodogo, gradually grew in power until it was the dominant political power in the Mossi Kingdoms; nevertheless, the rulers of Tenkodogo prior to the formation of Wogodogo are counted as kings of Wogodogo by tradition.
This is a list of rulers of Yatenga, one of the Mossi Kingdoms located in present-day Burkina Faso. Tenure Incumbent Notes Zandana:
The Silmi-Mossi occupy in the Yatenga the basin of the southern part of the White Volta, from about Tougouya to Bérenga.Once there, at the junction of the marigot de Todiam and the marigot de Niességa which together form the Volta Blanche as found in the circle of Ouagadougou, they follow, to the north, the valley of the marigot de Niességa from Rodoma and Béma to the east to Tarba and ...
The Mossi people have organised their society in an original hierarchic process in which family and state are the key elements. [2] The Mossi people are very heterogeneous. When horsemen invaded from the south they created a political or ruling class, called Nakomse (sing. Nakoambga), and a spiritual class called Tengabisi.
Efforts to free him, directed by Capt. Blaise Compaoré, resulted in a military coup d'état on 4 August 1983. [ 4 ] The coup brought Sankara to power and his government began to implement a series of revolutionary programs which included mass-vaccinations, infrastructure improvements, the expansion of women's rights, encouragement of domestic ...
This is a list of Rulers of the Mossi State of Tenkodogo. Comprising part of Burkina Faso, Tenkodogo is the senior Mossi State. Naaba = Ruler. Tenure Incumbent Notes
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