Matiakoali

Matiakoali lies in eastern Gourma, in a savanna landscape of villages, woodland and seasonal watercourses. Gourmantché traditions count its chiefdom among the regional centres linked to the descendants of Diaba Lompo, the ancestral founder of Gulmu. Its rulers governed communities east of the royal centre at Nungu. Farmers and pastoralists share the surrounding country, where the rains determine the course of cultivation and the availability of grazing.