Yatenga

Yatenga was a Mossi kingdom north of the upper Volta. Its rulers traced their descent to Rawa, son of the founding hero Ouédraogo; the kingdom emerged from the Ouagadougou dynasty in the fourteenth century.

Yatenga fought Songhai and was defeated by Askia Muhammad in 1498. After a succession struggle, Naaba Kango returned in 1757 with Bambana troops carrying flintlocks and won the civil war. He founded Ouahigouya as his capital in 1780, but further succession wars weakened royal authority after his death.