Mie
Miel
The place
Mie in the Nord region, Ouahigouya/Gourcy area (Yatenga, Sahel, Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso), at 279 m elevation, Sahelian savanna. Continuous Burkina Faso Sahel cluster (batches 340-389). Traditional agropastoral rural settlement (Mie, a Mossi village + Ouahigouya, capital of the historic Yatenga Mossi kingdom + Mossi heritage (West African Gur people, 6.5 M, Mooré language + Mossi kingdom, 11th c., founder Naba Ouedraogo + Fasso Faso Burkina heritage, Thomas Sankara 1949-1987, revolutionary pan-Africanist leader, 4 years 1983-1987, assassinated in the Compaoré coup 15 October 1987, iconic pan-Africanism + Blaise Compaoré 1987-2014, 27-year dictatorship, exile in Côte d'Ivoire after the 2014 revolution + 2022 coup, Ibrahim Traoré, 34-year-old young leader, anti-French, Sahel jihadists Al-Qaeda/IS + France withdrawal 2023, Russia's Wagner taking over).
The setting
Nord Ouahigouya/Gourcy Yatenga Sahel Burkina Faso 279 m Sahelian savanna, continuous cluster batches 340-389, Mossi agropastoral rural settlement + Ouahigouya capital of Yatenga kingdom + Mossi West African Gur 6.5 M Mooré + kingdom 11th c. Naba Ouedraogo founding + Sankara 1949-1987 pan-Africanist revolutionary 1983-1987 Compaoré coup 15 Oct 1987 iconic + Compaoré 1987-2014 27 years exile CI + 2022 coup Traoré 34 anti-French jihadists Al-Qaeda/IS Sahel + France withdrawal 2023 Russia Wagner.
