The General Government of French West Africa is reorganized and given an autonomous budget. The Catholic mission of Ouagadougou is established. The first Catholic missions in Upper Volta are established at Koupela and Fada N’Gourma. The French take Sikasso putting an end to the Kingdom of Kenedugu. The Treaty of Paris ends the Franco-British rivalry for control of Upper Volta and establishes its borders with the British Gold Coast colony.īobo Dioulasso is conquered and integrated with the colony of French Sudan. Naba Wobgo flees into exile in the Gold Coast. The tribes with strong hierarchies are embroiled in succession quarrel and offer only weak resistance.īoubakar Sori, the Governor of Dori, welcomes Commandant Destenave with open arms and signs a treaty of protection with him.Ĭaptain Paul Volulet defeats the Mossi Sultan of Yako and captures Ouagadougou.
The Samo, Bwaba and Lobi, tribes with little or no hierarchy offer the strongest resistance. It undertakes the conquest and administrative organization of Upper Volta at a time when most of the tribes still retain their sovereignty. The General Government of French West Africa is established. Naba Wobgo of Ouagadougou refuses to sign a treaty of protection offered by Commandant Destenave.Ĭaptain Decoaur visits the Fada region and signs a treaty of protection with the Yatenga chief Naba Bulli. Destenave establishes French supremacy in Liptako and Yaga before advancing to Say where he leaves a garrison. Naba Wobgo refuses to sign a treaty of protection with Monteil.Ī British agent named Fergusson scouts the Mossi country and begins signing treaties of protection.Ĭommandant Geroges Destenave, the French resident at Bandiagara, signs treaties of protection with the Mossi Sultan of Yatenga and the Dori chieftan of Ouahigouya.
Louis Parfait Monteil arrives in Dori at which time the Liptako throne has been vacant for over a year. Lieutenant Colonel Louis Parfait Monteil crosses Upper Volta while leading a French expedition from Senegal to Tripoli by way of Lake Chad. Binger is subsequently unsuccessful in his attempt to conclude a treaty of protection with Ouagadougou. The German explorer Krauss reaches Ouagadougou.įrench Captain Louis Gustav Binger is welcomed to Bobo Dioulasso by Guimbi Ouattara after crossing Upper Volta. German explorer Heinrich Barth, a member of a British expedition, becomes the first European to reach Dori. Scottish explorer Mungo Park skirts the Say and Dori regions during his ultimately fatal exploration of the Niger Basin.
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