From 14th century
Gulma, right bank of the Niger bend
The Gulmanceba states emerged in Gulma after foreign Buricimba or Bemba power was superimposed on older populations including Dogon, Tindamba, Woba, Kurumba, Tankamba, and Berba communities. Their political history probably began in the fifteenth century, with early centers at Lompotangu or Sangbantangu and later Kujuabongu. Buricimba expansion continued through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, reaching an eighteenth-century apogee across a wide territory between Mamprusi, Borgu, Torodi, the Sahel, and Mossi chiefdoms.
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The Story
Gulma was inhabited by several older populations before the rise of Gulmanceba states. In the north were Dogon, Tindamba, Woba, and Kurumba communities; in the south, Tankamba, Berba, Tindamba, and Woba were among the oldest inhabitants. The Woba occupied a very large area before being partly assimilated by Gulmanceba and other peoples who established states in the region.
A foreign power known as the Bemba or Buricimba was superimposed on this demographic foundation and later gave rise to the Gulmanceba states. The passage associates the historical-mythical ancestor Jaba with their emergence, while emphasizing that the dynastic origins of Mossi and Gulmanceba hegemonies should be treated separately. The earliest Gulmanceba political center was at Lompotangu or Sangbantangu, southeast of Nungu, before the Buricimba moved to Kujuabongu south of Pama.
Buricimba expansion continued through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Gulmanceba power reached its apogee around the middle of the eighteenth century, when its territory was described as enormous though sparsely populated. Its limits extended from Mamprusi and Borgu in the south to Torodi and the remnants of Songhay in the east, Sahel populations in the north, and Mossi chiefdoms in the west.
By the middle of the eighteenth century, Bilanga and Kuala shared most of northern Gulma, alongside the smaller states of Piala, Bongandini, and Con. In southern Gulma, the kingdom of Nungu was founded by Yendabri, a descendant of Jaba, in the mid-eighteenth century. Yendabri later led a coalition of kingdoms against Tyokosi Manden mercenaries who had entered the region after serving the Mamprusi kings.
From 14th century
Gulma, right bank of the Niger bend
The Gulmanceba states emerged in Gulma after foreign Buricimba or Bemba power was superimposed on older populations including Dogon, Tindamba, Woba, Kurumba, Tankamba, and Berba communities. Their political history probably began in the fifteenth century, with early centers at Lompotangu or Sangbantangu and later Kujuabongu. Buricimba expansion continued through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, reaching an eighteenth-century apogee across a wide territory between Mamprusi, Borgu, Torodi, the Sahel, and Mossi chiefdoms.
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The Story
Gulma was inhabited by several older populations before the rise of Gulmanceba states. In the north were Dogon, Tindamba, Woba, and Kurumba communities; in the south, Tankamba, Berba, Tindamba, and Woba were among the oldest inhabitants. The Woba occupied a very large area before being partly assimilated by Gulmanceba and other peoples who established states in the region.
A foreign power known as the Bemba or Buricimba was superimposed on this demographic foundation and later gave rise to the Gulmanceba states. The passage associates the historical-mythical ancestor Jaba with their emergence, while emphasizing that the dynastic origins of Mossi and Gulmanceba hegemonies should be treated separately. The earliest Gulmanceba political center was at Lompotangu or Sangbantangu, southeast of Nungu, before the Buricimba moved to Kujuabongu south of Pama.
Buricimba expansion continued through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Gulmanceba power reached its apogee around the middle of the eighteenth century, when its territory was described as enormous though sparsely populated. Its limits extended from Mamprusi and Borgu in the south to Torodi and the remnants of Songhay in the east, Sahel populations in the north, and Mossi chiefdoms in the west.
By the middle of the eighteenth century, Bilanga and Kuala shared most of northern Gulma, alongside the smaller states of Piala, Bongandini, and Con. In southern Gulma, the kingdom of Nungu was founded by Yendabri, a descendant of Jaba, in the mid-eighteenth century. Yendabri later led a coalition of kingdoms against Tyokosi Manden mercenaries who had entered the region after serving the Mamprusi kings.
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