The town just above the Bussa rapids, the farthest point a canoe could reach from the coast, later the senior kingdom of Borgu; the old town now lies under Lake Kainji (1968).
Its kingship belongs to the Kisra tradition of mounted conquerors, which most historians place in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. On 1 January 1200 the people of the river here (the Busa or Boko and their neighbours) are not known to have a king.
Who holds it
- Name
- No king is attested for 1200; the Kisra tradition makes Woru, Kisra's eldest son, the founder; Kisra's arrival is dated about 1325 in one reckoning and the Borgu states are placed in the fifteenth century
- Title
- Kibe (king) of Bussa (later)
- Since
- not applicable
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
No king attested.
How things stand that morning
No state attested.
Communities
Busa (Boko).
Trade and crafts
River crossing and fishing.
Where the sources disagree
- Bussa's founding is tied to the Kisra legend, which some writers project back to the seventh century; the historians cited in Wikipedia read it as a fifteenth-century cavalry conquest.
Evidence: Tradition only.
On the map: Point (approximate: Wikipedia's position for Bussa).
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.