Naaba Zoungrana of Tenkodogo
Mossi · mortal · Mossi traditional religion; pre Islamic and continuing · Recorded classification
Naaba Zoungrana is the second figure in the canonical Mossi royal genealogy, son of Ouédraogo and grandson of Yennenga. Court tradition recorded by the Larhallé Naba Yamba Tiendrébéogo and analyzed by Michel Izard and Elliott Skinner remembers him ruling from Tenkodogo, the cradle of the Mossi states. His marriage to a woman of the autochthonous Ninisi (in most versions named Pouiriketa) produced Oubri, founder of the kingdom of Ouagadougou, so that the Ouagadougou dynasty unites the conquering horsemen's line with the people of the land. He is venerated among the royal ancestors whose goodwill legitimates the naam of reigning chiefs.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- kingship
Powers
- to hold and pass on the chiefship of the early Mossi state at Tenkodogo
Relations
- father of: Naaba Oubri, Founder of the Kingdom of OuagadougouZoungrana's son Oubri, by a Ninisi wife in most versions, founded the kingdom of Ouagadougou.Michel Izard, Introduction à l'histoire des royaumes mossi, Recherches Voltaïques 12, CNRS/CVRS, 1970 (secondary)
Sources
- Naaba Zoungrana is the semi-legendary son and successor of Ouédraogo at Tenkodogo in the Mossi royal genealogies, and the father of Oubri, founder of the Ouagadougou dynasty.: Michel Izard, Introduction à l'histoire des royaumes mossi, Recherches Voltaïques 12, CNRS/CVRS, 1970 (secondary); Elliott P. Skinner, The Mossi of the Upper Volta: The Political Development of a Sudanese People, Stanford University Press, 1964 (secondary)