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Bobo Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso ( , ) is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo- Dioula". The local Bobo-speaking population (related to the Mande) refers to the city simply as ''Sia''. There are two distinct dialects of Jula spoken, based on the origins of different groups of speakers. The city is situated in the southwest of the country, in the Houet Province, some 350 km (220 mi) from Ouagadougou. Bobo-Dioulasso is significant both economically (agricultural trade, textile industry) and culturally, as it is a major center of culture and music. History Early History According to local tradition, Bobo-Dioulasso was founded as Sia in the 15th century. Populated by the Oule and Dioula subgroups of the Bobo people, it became an important market center, particularly in the export of horses southwards. Sia was therefore an important link i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Burkina Faso
This is a list of cities and towns in Burkina Faso. List * * Abanga * Abassi * Abaye * Aribinda * Ayaraba * Babakou * Babanloua * Bagré * Bagzan * Balkuy * Bangma * Banga, Burkina Faso * Banfora * Bangaba * Bangataka * Baniaba * Barogo * Bassemkoukouri * Bassemyam * Batié * Bendogo * Bilbalogo * Bisnaba * Bittou * Bobo Dioulasso * Boéna * Bogandé * Bondigui * Boromo * Boulsa * Boudry-Peulh * Bourma * Bourma * Bourma de Zoaga * Boussé * Cissin * Dabala * Dabanadeni * Dano * Dabaré * Dassouri * Dassouri * Dédougou * Diabatou * Diapaga * Diarabakoko * Diébougou * Djibo * Dikomtinga * Dinkabara * Dori * Douré * Douré * Douré * Douré * Douré * Douré * Doure * Dwaba * Dyabafouanou * Fada N'gourma * Feto Kabaradje * Foulgo * Foulgo * Gaoua * Gampéla * Gantin * Garango * Gayéri * Gbomblora * Gbaba * Goa * Goabga * Gouerba * Gondré * Gon * Gorom-Gorom * Gouingo * Gouin-Gouin * Gouindougouni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Textile
Textile is an Hyponymy and hypernymy, umbrella term that includes various Fiber, fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, Staple (textiles)#Filament fiber, filaments, Thread (yarn), threads, and different types of #Fabric, fabric. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the only manufacturing method, and many other methods were later developed to form textile structures based on their intended use. Knitting and Nonwoven, non-woven are other popular types of fabric manufacturing. In the contemporary world, textiles satisfy the material needs for versatile applications, from simple daily clothing to Bulletproof vest, bulletproof jackets, spacesuits, and Medical gown, doctor's gowns. Textiles are divided into two groups: consumer textiles for domestic purposes and technical textiles. In consumer textiles, Aesthetics (textile), aesthetics and Textile performance#Comfort, comfort are the most important factors, while in techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwiriko
The Gwiriko Kingdom ( Dyula: ''''), also spelled Gouiriko, was a kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries in what is now part of present-day Burkina Faso around the watershed of the River Banifin. It was founded by Famagan Ouattara (Wattara) and lasted until French occupation in 1897. Its chief city was Bobo-Dioulasso. Historiography The nature of the Gwiriko polity is debated by historians. Juula elders in the region do not retain a historical tradition of any kingdom of that name, yet since its inclusion in Dominique Traore's 1937 paper 'Notes sur le royaume mandingue de Bobo' it has appeared in numerous historians' accounts. The early history of this kingdom is also recorded in the Ghunja Chronicle (''Kitab al-Ghunja''). The word "Gwiriko" and its variant "Gbirinko" mean "at the end of the long stage", or alternatively "beyond the forest", in the Dyula language. The term, therefore, may have been a term for the remote lands far from the center of Ouattara power in Kong rathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kong Empire
The Kong Empire (1710–1898), also known as the Wattara Empire or Ouattara Empire for its founder Seku Watara, was a pre-colonial state centered in what is now northeastern Ivory Coast that also encompassed much of present-day Burkina Faso and parts of Mali and Ghana. It established a largely decentralized commercial empire based upon linkages between merchant houses, protecting trade routes throughout the region. Kong rose to prominence in the 1700s as a key commercial center and center of Islamic studies. In 1898, Samori Ture attacked the city and burnt it down. Although the city was rebuilt, the Kong empire did not survive and the French took control over the area. History Background The area around Kong was settled primarily by Gur languages, Gur-speaking agriculturalists, particularly the Senufo people and Tyefo language, Tyefo people. Starting in the 14th century Mandé peoples, Mandé merchants, known as the Dyula people, Dyula, migrated from the Mali Empire into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seku Watara
Seku Watara (also spelled Sekou Ouattara or Wattara) was the founder and first king of the Kong Empire. Early Life Aboudoudou Kadal Watara was born the son of Dioula traders either in the Sumakhana neighborhood of Kong or the nearby village of Ténenguéra or Tenegala. Educated in Arabic, he was given the sobriquet ''seku'' meaning cheikh. He eventually became one of the richest merchants of the region. By collaborating with the leader of Gonja for an assault on Bouna in 1709, he gained a massive windfall in gold, slaves, and firearms, helping to launch his political ambitions. There are conflicting stories telling how Seku came to power in Kong, by defeating the native Fallafala (a branch of the Senufo people) in battle, or by sneaking into town during a market day and overthrowing the chief, Lasiri Gbambele. Louis-Gustave Binger, Du Niger au golfe de Guinée par le pays de Kong et le Mossi, Paris, 2 vol., in-8, 1898, quoted in Tauxier 2003, p. 22 Gbambele and Seku were rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast (region)
The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas. This former region is now known as the country Ghana. Etymology and position The Gold Coast, Slave Coast of West Africa, Slave Coast, Pepper Coast (or Grain Coast) and Ivory Coast were named after the main export resources found there, respectively. Early uses of the term ''Gold Coast'' refer strictly to the coast and not the interior. It was not until the 19th century that the term came to refer to areas that are far from the coast. The Gold Coast was to the east of the Ivory Coast and to the west of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Slave Coast. Territorial entities Gold Coast region territorial entities were: * Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese people, Portuguese, 1482–1642) * Dutch Gold Coast (Dutch people, Dutch, 1598–1872) * Swedish Gold Coast (Swedes, 1650–1658; 1660–1663) * Couronian colonization, Couronian Gold C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begho
Begho, also known historically as Nsoko or Insoco, was a city located in the Bono state of Ghana, located just south of its successor community, Hani. Begho was established as a trading entrepôt and cosmopolitan centre linking merchants from across West Africa and North Africa. Operating from the northern forest savanna transition zone, just like Bono Manso, it seized new economic opportunities and cross-cultural interactions through expansion as a commercial hub. Before the Europeans arrival in 1471, Begho was initially contacted by Muslim merchants who spoke Mande from the Mali empire. Outside the town limits, these merchants frequently founded permanent outlying settlements. By the 17th centuries, the Europeans who fostered key interests in gold and silver trading, harboured displeasures towards the Juula with an attempt to put them out of trade. Begho’s progress was attributed to the proximity of Akan goldfields from which gold reached Djene and Timbuktu as well as other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kong, Ivory Coast
Kong, also known as Kpon, is a town in northern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of and the seat of Kong Department in Tchologo Region, Savanes District. Kong is also a Communes of Ivory Coast, commune. It was the capital of the Kong Empire (1710–1895). History Early History The date of the founding of Kong is unknown, but it began as a small chiefdom inhabited by the Fallafala, a branch of the Senufo people. Starting in the 14th century Mandé peoples, Mandé merchants of Soninke Wangara heritage, known as the Dyula people, Dyula, migrated south from the Mali Empire. The Ouattara, Daou, Barou, Kérou and Touré clans came from the area around Segou and Djenne, while the Sissé, Sakha, Kamata, Daniokho, Kouroubari, Timité, and Traouré came from Tengréla. The town was Islam, islamized by the 16th century. In the late 17th century, the chiefdom was under the control of Lassiri Gombele. Kong Empire In 1710, Seku Ouattara (Wattara) united the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner Niger Delta
The Inner Niger Delta, also known as the Macina or Masina, is the inland river delta of the Niger River. It is an area of fluvial wetlands, lakes and floodplains in the semi-arid Sahel area of central Mali, just south of the Sahara Desert. Location and description The delta consists of the middle course of the Niger River, between the bifurcated Niger and its tributary the Bani, which from here run north towards the desert. The Niger is the longest river in West Africa. Towns such as the river-port of Mopti, Sévaré and Djenné, with its mud-brick Great Mosque lie in the 400 km-long region. The Fulani and Dogon inhabit the Macina region and the surrounding area, which has a population of over 500,000. Most of the year the area has a hot and dry climate, with hot winds from the nearby Sahara raising the temperature up to . During the wet season, which generally lasts from June to September but is longer the further south one goes, the swamp floods into a lake an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
