Kougouri

Kougouri lies in Mossi country near Boulsa, east of the older centres around Boussouma. Boulsa was among the principalities of the Mossi political world, where rulers bore the title of naaba. Oral histories preserved at Ouagadougou remember disputes involving the rulers of Boulsa and Boussouma, including a quarrel over gold. Traditions of Boussouma trace its ruling line to the family of Naaba Koumdoumié of Ouagadougou; its emergence belonged to the spread of Mossi chiefly authority across this part of the Volta basin.