Kingdom of Tenkodogo
Tenkodogo was the first of a series of Mossi empires on the territory of what is now the West African state of Burkina Faso . According to legend, it was founded in the 11th century by Ouédraogo , son of Princess Yennenga and the hunter Rialé. The seat of the ruler (naba) was the city of the same name, Tenkodogo .
Ouédraogo was followed by his youngest son Zoungrana as ruler of Tenkodogo. He married Pouitenga, a woman from the Ninisi people . Their son Oubri founded the largest of the Mossi empires, Ouagadougou , after the subjugation of the Ninisi, Kibissi and Gourounsi .
The ruling dynasty of Tenkodogos still exists today, albeit without power as a mediator between tradition and the modern state.