Botou

Botou lies in the eastern Gourma country, west of the Niger and near the waters of the Tapoa. Gourmantché communities established villages and chiefly authorities across this region of savanna and woodland. Local accounts describe Botou as a chiefdom whose relationships extended to neighbouring settlements. Farming and hunting formed part of life in a landscape crossed by seasonal streams, while political ties joined its communities to the wider Gourma country.