Rawa (Ra-wa) was the developer of the government of
Mossi. He was titled one of the masters of war for his accomplishments as a conqueror. A son of
Ouedraogo
Ouédraogo (also spelled Wedraogo or Ouidiraogo) was the son of Yennenga and progenitor of the Mossi Kingdoms. He founded the kingdom of Tenkodogo. His three sons were Rawa, Diaba Lompo Diaba Lompo was a 13th-century ruler, and the founder of th ...
, he is one of the three siblings of the founders of the Mossi and the first citizens of Mossi. While his younger brother,
Zoungrana
Zoungrana (also spelled Zoungourana or Zungrana; died 1495), was a Mossi people, Mossi ruler, either the first or second ruler of Tenkodogo. He was the third son of Ouedraogo.
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1495 deaths
15th-century Burkinabé people
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, overlooked the city of Tenkodogo (which was at the time the only city of the Mossi), and his other brother,
Diaba Lompo Diaba Lompo was a 13th-century ruler, and the founder of the town of Fada N'Gourma, in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bord ...
, headed south and founded
Gurmanche (of the
Nungu kingdom), Rawa traveled north to establish the city of
Zandana.
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15th-century Burkinabé people
City founders
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