À partir de XVᵉ siècle
South-eastern Gulma, upper Volta-Niger zone
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Borgu was a politically fragmented region south-east of Gulma that contained several state-type formations. The earliest identified formation was Busa, which reached its apogee in the sixteenth century before declining. Other kingdoms, including Nikki, developed as more or less direct offshoots of Busa. The extract presents Borgu’s history as confused and does not define a single centralized territorial state for the whole region.
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Borgu lay to the south-east of Gulma and possessed a political history different from that of a single, durable kingdom. The extract describes several state-type formations within the region, with Busa apparently representing the earliest and most prominent of them. This political landscape was marked by succession, fragmentation, and the emergence of related kingdoms.
Busa reached its apogee in the sixteenth century and subsequently declined. The passage does not specify the institutions or military events responsible for this change, but it treats Busa as the principal earlier formation from which later political units developed.
Kingdoms such as Nikki are described as more or less direct offshoots of Busa. Borgu therefore appears as a regional political complex whose historical significance lies in the relationship between an earlier dominant centre and successor formations, rather than in a single uninterrupted state.
À partir de XVᵉ siècle
South-eastern Gulma, upper Volta-Niger zone
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Borgu was a politically fragmented region south-east of Gulma that contained several state-type formations. The earliest identified formation was Busa, which reached its apogee in the sixteenth century before declining. Other kingdoms, including Nikki, developed as more or less direct offshoots of Busa. The extract presents Borgu’s history as confused and does not define a single centralized territorial state for the whole region.
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Borgu lay to the south-east of Gulma and possessed a political history different from that of a single, durable kingdom. The extract describes several state-type formations within the region, with Busa apparently representing the earliest and most prominent of them. This political landscape was marked by succession, fragmentation, and the emergence of related kingdoms.
Busa reached its apogee in the sixteenth century and subsequently declined. The passage does not specify the institutions or military events responsible for this change, but it treats Busa as the principal earlier formation from which later political units developed.
Kingdoms such as Nikki are described as more or less direct offshoots of Busa. Borgu therefore appears as a regional political complex whose historical significance lies in the relationship between an earlier dominant centre and successor formations, rather than in a single uninterrupted state.