The farming villages of the Black Volta's great bend and the upper Mouhoun: the Bwa round Dedougou, Solenzo, Hounde and into the later Mali, the Bobo round the later Bobo-Dioulasso.
Villages governed by their elders, earth priests and mask societies, with no chiefs over them. Shown from later ethnography; the Mande traders who later founded the Dyula quarter of Bobo-Dioulasso came after 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- village elders, earth priests and mask societies
- Since
- not applicable
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Self-governing (not attested). The inland delta and the Bambara villages to the north-west are the gha researcher's; the Senufo and the south-west are gui's.
Customs and assemblies
Village councils of elders, earth priests, the mask cults (later ethnography).
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1200No dated event is recorded.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later ethnography only.
On the map: Drawn on the later Bwa and Bobo country; the western edge follows the gha researcher's Bani valley peoples (Bani peoples), the southern edge the gui researcher's upper Black Volta.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.