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  La famille en mooré   Fran-mooré  Maman =  m'ma(oum-ma) Papa ou père =  m'baba ou m'ba(oum-baba) Oncle =  m'samba ou yesba ou bababila Tante =  m'pougd-ba Grand frère ou soeur =  m'kièman Petit frère ou petite soeur =  m'yoi-ha Cousin ou cousine =  m'saame-biga enfant =  biga Bébé =  bi-pèlga homme =  rawa femme =  paga Grand père  = yaab-raogo Grande mère  = yaab-poaka Homme(être humain) =  nèda Mon mari  = m'sida Ma femme  = m'paga Coépouse  = pog-to Marâtre  = ma-bila Jeune homme  = ra-sanga Jeune fille  = pog_sada jeune marié  = pog-sida Jeune mariée  = pog-pala WOBGO Abdoura Ahabou

Background History of the Mossi States The Mossi (or Moosi) migrated from somewhere east to the Volta Basin, south of the Niger Bend in small groups, and dominated indigenous groups (Gurunsi, Fulse, Dagara, Kasena, Lobi, Nuna, etc) either through conquest or peaceful integration. Many scholars trace the foundation of the first Mossi states in the Voltaic region to the early fifteenth century. This region refers to a geographical space stretching from northern Ghana into most of today’s Burkina Faso. It comprised a number of more or less autonomous states loosely connected to each other through genealogical ties; nineteen were identified at the beginning of the colonial period (the late nineteenth century), on the Burkinabé side. The main Mossi states were Ouagadougou, Yatenga, Tenkodogo and Fada N’Gourma. They constituted founding clusters from which sprang smaller states, such as Yako, Busma, Bulsa, Conquiztenga, Tatenga, Ratenga, Zitenga,and M