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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. [1]

19 relations: Burkina Faso, Encyclopedia of African History, Fante people, French Upper Volta, G. E. Ferguson, Ghana, Gold Coast (British colony), Gurunsi peoples, Kong Empire, List of rulers of Wogodogo, Louis-Gustave Binger, Mossi Kingdoms, Ouagadougou, Ouahigouya, Parfait-Louis Monteil, Raid (military), Yako Department, Yatenga Province, Zongoiri.

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Encyclopedia of African History

The Encyclopedia of African History is a three-volume work dedicated to African history.

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Fante people

Originally, Fante refers to tiny states within 50 miles radius of Mankessim.

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French Upper Volta

Upper Volta (Haute-Volta) was a colony of French West Africa established on 1 March 1919, from territories that had been part of the colonies of Upper Senegal and Niger and the Côte d'Ivoire.

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G. E. Ferguson

George Ekem Ferguson (14 July 1864 – 7 April 1897), also known as Ekow Atta, was a Fante civil servant, surveyor and cartographer who worked in the British colony of Gold Coast (modern Ghana).

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.

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Gurunsi peoples

The Gurunsi, or Grunshi, are a set of ethnic groups inhabiting Kingdom of Dagbon of northern Ghana.

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Kong Empire

The Kong Empire (1710–1898), also known as the Wattara Empire or Ouattara Empire for its founder, was a pre-colonial African Muslim state centered in north eastern Ivory Coast that also encompassed much of present-day Burkina Faso.

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List of rulers of Wogodogo

The Mogho Naba (also Moro Naba, Morho Naba, Mogh-Naba or Moogo Naaba), literally head (naba) of the world (moro), is the monarch of Wogodogo (Ouagadougou), one of the Mossi Kingdoms located in present-day Burkina Faso.

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Louis-Gustave Binger

Louis-Gustave Binger (October 14, 1856 – November 10, 1936) was a French officer and explorer who claimed the Côte d'Ivoire for France.

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Mossi Kingdoms

The Mossi Kingdoms, sometimes referred to as the Mossi Empire, were a number of different powerful kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso which dominated the region of the upper Volta river for hundreds of years.

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Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou (Mossi) is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation.

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Ouahigouya

Ouahigouya is a relatively notable town in northern Burkina Faso.

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Parfait-Louis Monteil

Parfait-Louis Monteil (1855 – 29 September 1925) was a French colonial military officer and explorer who made an epic journey in West Africa between 1890 and 1892, travelling east from Senegal to Lake Chad, and then north across the Sahara to Tripoli.

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Raid (military)

Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold a location but instead finish with the raiding force quickly retreating to a previous defended position prior to enemy forces being able to respond in a coordinated manner or formulate a counter-attack.

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Yako Department

Yako is a department or commune of Passoré Province in north central Burkina Faso.

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Yatenga Province

Yatenga is one of the provinces of Burkina Faso, located in the Nord Region of the country.

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Zongoiri

Zongoiri Natinga is a community in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana, to the northwest of a bend in the White Volta River.

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Boukary Koutou, Naaba Wobgo, Wobogo.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wobgho

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