The Mossi are a Gur ethnic group native to modern Burkina Faso, primarily the Volta River basin. The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso...

More or Mossi, is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of four official languages of Burkina Faso. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken...

by the people of Tolon. The Dagomba founded the Kingdom of Dagbon. They are historically related to the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. The Mossi Kingdoms...

or Empire. The state was created by the Gurmanche people who are closely related to the Mossi people and was centred on the city of Fada N'Gourma. This...

The Mossi Kingdoms, were a group of kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso that dominated the region of the upper Volta river for hundreds of years. The...

chief or king of the Mossi people. Sankara viewed this arrangement as an obstacle to national unity, and proceeded to demote the Mossi elite. The Morho Naba...

alternate name for the Bissa is Busansi or Busanga which is used by the Mossi people. Daniel McFarland's Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta refers to them...

Burkina Faso includes the folk music of 60 different ethnic groups. The Mossi people, centrally located around the capital, Ouagadougou, account for 40% of...

between the Mossi and the Nawdba, Pila-Pila, and Tanéka peoples. It does not support the idea, however, that the latter are offshoots of the Mossi nor that...

Mossi may refer to: Mossi people Mossi language Mossi Kingdoms the Mossi, a Burkinabe variant of the Dongola horse Mossi (given name) Mossi (surname)...

and west of Fada-Ngourma (82 km or 51 mi) in an area settled by the Mossi people. It is known for its pottery and sculptures; these were made from natural...

Yennenga was a legendary princess, considered the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. She was a famous warrior precious to her father, Naa Gbewaa...

Maximes, pensées et devinettes mossi (Maxims, Thoughts and Riddles of the Mossi), a record of the oral history of the Mossi people. The oral tradition continued...

empire-building Mossi/Mossi Kingdoms, who are believed to have come up to their present location from present-day northern Ghana. For centuries, the Mossi peasant...

city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established...

choice between the leftist radicals and conservatives. He was the first Mossi head of state since Maurice Yaméogo. According to Ouédraogo, Captain Thomas...

Coast, Mali and Togo. They number more than 45 million. The Mole/Mossi/Moore people are located primarily in Burkina Faso while over lord Dagbon is in...

for young girls. The Plank Mask (Nwantantay) among the Bobo, Bwa, and Mossi people of Burkina Faso makes an appearance during public events such as funerals...

The English translation of the book's title is So they murdered all Mossi people. It was first edited in 1979 by Naaman Editions (Canada) and re-edited...

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...

or with another man. Donkey sex is also practiced among the Mossi people. Young Mossi people who cannot have intercourse with women because they have not...

the constituent king of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. According to oral tradition, he is the 37th king of the Mossi. As king, he is seen as a symbol...

used by the Mossi people and Kusasi people or Busanga. The name is usually spelled Bissa. It can also be spelled Bisa, and the name in the Mossi language...

Ouagadougou or Wagadugu (/ˌwɑːɡəˈduːɡuː/, Mossi: Waogdgo Mossi: [ˈwɔɣədəɣʊ], Dyula: Wagadugu, French: Ouagadougou French: [waɡaduɡu]) is the capital of...

of Ouagadougou, along with his twin sister Wamanegdo. He was the son of Mossi peasants, whom he described as a "heathen family, completely given to a...

The Birifor people (also Birifo or Malba) are an ethnic group of about 200,000 in West Africa, primarily located in northern Ghana, southern Burkina Faso...

screened in the UK, portrays his life. Sawadogo was a native speaker of Mossi. In 2018, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award. In 2020, he was awarded...

he had to abandon this project, however, to defeat an invasion by the Mossi people.He also conquered the lands of the Sanhaja called Nunu. He conquered...

Mossi is an Italian surname that may refer to the following notable people: Anthony Mossi (born 1994), French football goalkeeper Dante Mossi, Honduran...

The Gambia. Wolof people: Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania. Mossi people: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana. Hausa people: Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon...