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The Kingdom of Wala was a
polity
A polity is an identifiable Politics, political entity – a group of people with a collective identity, who are organized by some form of Institutionalisation, institutionalized social relation, social relations, and have a capacity to mobilize ...
in what is today
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
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
The Kulpawn River is one of the major rivers of northwestern Ghana, along with the Black Volta and Sisili Rivers. It flows through Wa Municipal District
Wa Municipal District is one of the eleven districts in Upper West Region, Ghana. Original ...
. 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.