Barsalogho

Barsalogho lies north of the central Mossi plateau, where cultivated savanna approaches the drier Sahel. Farming villages occupy the surrounding plains, with fields of sorghum and millet watered by seasonal rain. The region forms part of the northern Mossi country, between the royal centres of Boussouma and Yatenga and the pastoral lands farther north. Local chiefs and farming communities maintained their own ties to the land within this wider world of Mossi kingdoms.