Boromo

Boromo lies near the Mouhoun, the river that becomes the Black Volta farther downstream. Its banks and the surrounding wooded savanna supported communities of cultivators and fishers. Accounts of the region’s settlement describe the Kôo, a Gurunsi-speaking people, living at Boromo before the middle of the nineteenth century. The river runs through a broad bend to the west of the Mossi plateau, joining lands inhabited by several peoples with distinct local traditions.