The savanna and forest edge of the north-western Ivory Coast round Odienné and Touba, with the Guinea borderland round Beyla.
The Malinke and Dyula who later held it (the Kabadougou of Odienné, the Mahou of Touba, the Konianke of Beyla) are generally placed here by migration from the Mande heartland from about the fifteenth or sixteenth century on (Person); Senufo tradition counts Odienné, Touba and Séguéla among the lands it once held. On 1 January 1200 the inhabitants are probably Senufo and southern Mande villagers; nothing is recorded.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village heads
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Traditions of later migration; no record for 1200.
On the map: Inhabitants in 1200 not known; the Mande heartland to the north belongs to the next researcher (gha).
Sources and studies
- Sénoufos (French Wikipedia)
- Y. Person, Ethnic movements and acculturation in Upper Guinea since the fifteenth century, African Historical Studies 4 (1971); from the researcher's knowledge
- Researcher's general knowledge of the ethnography and linguistic geography of Ghana and Togo (present-day distributions), used only to place peoples whose 1200 seats are not recorded
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.