Princess Yennenga: Rebel Amazon and Founding Mother of the Mossi Kingdom
In the vast savannas of the White Volta plateau, where Burkina Faso and Ghana flourish today,...
🦁 Samori Ture: The Lion of Wassoulou Against Colonization
In the green hills of Upper Guinea, where the tributaries of the Niger water fertile lands, there still echoes the...
The Epic of Sundiata Keita and the Mali Empire
Soundiata Keïta est le fondateur de l’Empire du Mali: vainqueur de Soumaoro Kanté à la bataille de Kirina, vers...
THE BEST-KNOWN SECRET SOCIETY
The Ciwara society is one of the six secret societies of Bambara cosmogony. A society whose teachings are protected by taboos,...
The legendary Queen Sarraounia
Among the Hausa, some communities have often had women as chiefs. Holding real temporal power, the Sarraounia reigned...