Sampelga

Sampelga lies in Liptako, the dry country west of the Niger bend and east of the Mossi plateau. Seasonal streams cross the open Sahelian plains, carrying rainwater towards the Niger and leaving pools that support people and livestock. Fulbe pastoral communities and farmers inhabit the wider region, whose market centres include Dori. In the early nineteenth century Dori became the seat of an emirate, adding a new political centre to this landscape of villages and grazing grounds.