Rawa (Ra-wa) was the developer of the government of
Mossi. He was titled one of the masters of war for his accomplishments as a conqueror. A son of
Ouedraogo
Ouedraogo (also spelled Wedraogo or Ouidiraogo) was the son of Yennenga and progenitor of the Mossi Kingdoms
The Mossi Kingdoms, were a group of kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso that dominated the region of the Volta River, upper Volta r ...
, he is one of the three siblings of the founders of the Mossi and the first citizens of Mossi. While his younger brother,
Zoungrana, overlooked the city of Tenkodogo (which was at the time the only city of the Mossi), and his other brother,
Diaba Lompo, headed south and founded
Gurmanche (of the
Nungu kingdom), Rawa traveled north to establish the city of
Zandana.
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15th-century Burkinabe people
City founders
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