Mossi
The Mossi are people originating in the Burkina Faso as well as areas bordering on the surrounding countries. More than 6 million people are considered mossi, the membership at this ethnic community being founded on the practice of the Moré and on the practice of a certain number of traditions.
They constituted, at the 15th century and the 16th century, of the large kingdoms of which the two principal ones (Yatenga and Ouagadougou) remained independent until the European penetration and were subjected only with difficulty by the French colonizers. They have at their head the " Mogho Naba" , literally " king of the rois" , which always resides in its palate of Ouagadougou.
The political structure of Mossis is still very present in their daily life, thus their traditional chiefs (nabas), play a big role in their communities.
It provided an important labor to the Ivory Coast and the Ghana. Still nowadays a strong community mossi resides in Ivory Coast.
They speak the Moré , language voltaic.
External bonds
- Mossi, Moore - Joshua Project
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