Tenkodogo

Tenkodogo was a Mossi kingdom in the upper Volta region, centred on the town of the same name. Oral tradition traced its foundation to the horseman Ouédraogo, whose son Zoungrana inherited Tenkodogo.

Tenkodogo retained its own naba and ties of dynasty and ritual with other Mossi kingdoms. In 1497 Songhai ruler Askia Mohammad I fought the Mossi kingdoms; their forces were defeated but resisted the imposition of Islam. In the eighteenth century the Mossi kingdoms expanded trade with the Fula states while largely retaining their traditional beliefs.