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One of the principal obstacles to understanding the art of Burkina Faso, including that of the Bwa, has been a confusion between the styles of the Bwa, "gurunsi", and Mossi, and a confusion of the Bwa people with their neighbors to the west the Bobo people. This confusion was the result of the use by French colonial officers of Jula ...
Mossi society is divided vertically into two major segments: the descendants of the horsemen who conquered the peoples on the Mossi plateau are called the Nakomse, and all Mossi Napa's (kings) come exclusively from the Nakomse class. These people use figures as political art to validate their rule over the peoples they conquered.
Literature in Burkina Faso is based on the oral tradition, which remains important. [1] In 1934, during French occupation, Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo published his Maximes, pensées et devinettes mossi (Maximes, Thoughts and Riddles of the Mossi), a record of the oral history of the Mossi people. [1]
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 ...
Naa Gbewaa (also known as Nedega or Kulu Gbagha) is the founder of the Kingdom of Dagbon, in what is now northern Ghana.His sons and daughters are credited with founding several states, [1] [2] including the Mossi Kingdoms of Burkina Faso. [3]
Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara.The words "Burkina" and "Faso" stem from different languages spoken in the country: "Burkina" comes from Mooré and means "upright", showing how the people are proud of their integrity, while "Faso" comes from the Dyula language (as written in N'Ko: ߝߊ߬ߛߏ߫ faso ...
Mossi may refer to: Mossi people; Mossi language; Mossi Kingdoms; the Mossi, a Burkinabe variant of the Dongola horse; Mossi (given name) Mossi (surname)
Wobgho, previously known as Boukary Koutou, and his Mossi cavalry were a considerable force in the region. Wobogo (died 1904) was the Mogho Naba (ruler) of Ouagadougou from 1890 to 1897, at the time of the French colonial conquest of Upper Volta. Wobogu was originally called Boukary Koutou, but dropped those names on his accession and assumed ...