Chez mes yaaba de Soulou à Sigui Voussé
The place
Chez mes yaaba de Soulou à Sigui Voussé ("At my grandmothers' place, from Soulou to Sigui Voussé") in the Nord region, Ouahigouya/Yatenga sector (central Mossi plateau, Northern Burkina Faso), at 340 m elevation, Sahelian savanna plateau. Continuous Burkina Faso cluster (batches 260-410). Mossi family hospitality, grandmother (yaaba) style, in Yatenga (Ouahigouya, 130,000 inhabitants, capital of the Nord region + Yatenga, historic province of the Mossi kingdom + Sigui Voussé, a Mossi village + the Mossi people, 8 million strong, Moré language, 50% of BF's population, iconic + Mossi heritage (Gur people, 8 million, Moré language + Naba Wobgo, King of Ouagadougou, 15th c. + Mossi Empire of Yatenga, founded 1170, 800 years of dynasty + iconic heritage of Ouagadougou, Mossi capital from the 1440s + Naba Sidi Mohamed, 1897 treaty with France establishing the protectorate + iconic heritage of Thomas Sankara, 1949-1987, the iconic "African Che," president 1983-1987, assassinated 15 October 1987, iconic Compaoré 27-year rule + iconic heritage of the October 2014 revolution, fall of Compaoré 30 Oct 2014, iconic + iconic heritage of the coups of January 2022 (Damiba) + September 2022 (Ibrahim Traoré, 34, the world's youngest head of state, iconic) + iconic heritage of jihadism (JNIM/ISGS since 2015, 20,000 dead, 2 million displaced, iconic destabilization of the Sahel) + iconic Sahel heritage, the G5 group dissolved in 2023, rupture between France and Mali/BF/Niger + Russian Wagner/Africa Corps since 2023, iconic + FESPACO, founded 1969 in Ouagadougou, the largest African film festival, iconic).
The setting
Nord region, Ouahigouya/Yatenga, central Mossi plateau, Northern Burkina Faso, 340 m, Sahelian savanna plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-410, Mossi family hospitality (yaaba) in Yatenga + Ouahigouya, 130,000, capital of the Nord region + Yatenga, Mossi kingdom + Sigui Voussé, Mossi village + Mossi people, 8 million, Moré language, 50% of BF, iconic; the Mossi, Gur people, 8 million, Moré + Naba Wobgo, King of Ouagadougou, 15th c. + Mossi Empire of Yatenga, founded 1170, 800 years + Ouagadougou, Mossi capital from the 1440s + Sidi Mohamed, 1897 treaty with France + Thomas Sankara, 1949-1987, iconic "African Che," 1983-1987, assassinated 15 Oct 1987, iconic Compaoré 27-year rule + October 2014 revolution, fall of Compaoré 30 Oct 2014, iconic + 2022 coups (Damiba) + September 2022 (Ibrahim Traoré, 34, world's youngest head of state, iconic) + jihadism (JNIM/ISGS since 2015, 20,000 dead, 2 million displaced, iconic destabilization of the Sahel) + G5 dissolved 2023, rupture between France, BF, Mali, Niger + Russian Wagner/Africa Corps since 2023, iconic + FESPACO, founded 1969 in Ouagadougou, largest African film festival, iconic.
