Yennenga
Yennenga is a legendary princess of the Dagomba who stands at the beginning of the story of the Mossi . Yennenga is the daughter of Naba Nedega and Queen Napoko. She is the founder of the Moogo Kingdom (which brings the Mossi peoples together) in what is now Burkina Faso . While trying to flee from her fate, she meets Rialé, a princely bloodhunter. A boy named Ouédraogo (the word means "male horse" or "stallion") emerged from their union in honor of the white steed that led the princess to the young hunter. Yennenga is a very popular figure in Burkina Faso and the Ouédraogo family name is one of the most common among the Mossis.
Life
She fled from her authoritarian father and moved north with her stallion from Gambaga , in the north of what is now Ghana , and there fell in love with a hunter named Rialé. Her son Ouédraogo founded the kingdom of Tenkodogo and established the rule of the Mossidynasties.
In honor of Yennenga, the Étalon de Yennenga is awarded as the highest award of the pan-African film festival FESPACO , and the sports club ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou is named after her.
myth
It is important to note that the story of the princess comes solely from the oral Mossi tradition. The story therefore has many variations, depending on the origin of the narrator. We can distinguish three variants, those of the chiefs 'drummers, those of the country chiefs or "Nakomse stories" (monarchical stories) and finally those of the blacksmiths' caste. Each social category tells the story in its own way, according to its role in society.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kathleen Sheldon : Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa . Scarecrow Press 2005, ISBN 0-8108-5331-0
- ↑ Simone Schwarz-Bart, André Schwarz-Bart , Rose-Myriam Réjouis, Val Vinokurov, Howard Dodson: In Praise of Black Women: Ancient African Queens . Volume 1. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 2001, ISBN 0-299-17250-3
- ↑ Dominique Zahan: Pour une histoire des Mossi du Yatenga . In: Révue L'homme . 1961, p. 8 .