Realm · approximate borders · 1495–1896

Kingdom of Wogodogo (Mossi)

The largest Mossi kingdom, ruled by the Mogho Naba at Ouagadougou. Traditional dates put its founder Oubri in the 11th–12th century; many scholars prefer c.

1495. Askia Muhammad of Songhai warred on the Mossi in 1497. France took the kingdom in 1896. Sources: Wikipedia 'Mossi Kingdoms', 'List of rulers of Wogodogo'.

See Kingdom of Wogodogo (Mossi) on the map in 1495

On the map: 1495–1896
Capital: Ouagadougou

Rulers named in the sources

Oubri founder, c. 1495 (traditional dating 1050–1182)
Mogho Naba Wobgo deposed by the French, 1896

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.