|
Wala Native Authority
{{more sources, date=December 2019 The Wala Native Authority was a division of the British colony of Gold Coast established in 1933. It basically corresponded in its boundaries to those of the Kingdom of Wala {{No footnotes, date=October 2022 The Kingdom of Wala was a polity in what is today Ghana based around Wa. According to some traditions it had an imam as early as 1317. In the early 1890s, Wala was largely west of the Kulpawn River. Its western bo ... in 1892, thus reversing the successful rebellion by the Dagarti in the northern part of Wala in 1894. It had an area of 3,362 square miles. The Wala Native Authority had 14 divisions. Sources *Ivor Wilks, ''Wa and the Wala: Islam and polity in northwestern Ghana'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 10-11. 1933 establishments in the British Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Wala
{{No footnotes, date=October 2022 The Kingdom of Wala was a polity in what is today Ghana based around Wa. According to some traditions it had an imam as early as 1317. In the early 1890s, Wala was largely west of the Kulpawn River. Its western boundary was the Black Volta The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta. The source of the Black Volta is in the Cascades Region of Burki .... The north-east corner of the territory was at Dasima, and the south-west corner was at Tantama. In 1894, there was a rebellion in the northern part of the Kingdom of Wala, and this area separated off into an independent kingdom. Sources *Ivor Wilks, ''Wa and the Wala: Islam and polity in northwestern Ghana'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988). Former countries in Africa Wala Former monarchies of Africa Former theocracies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |