Princess Yennenga, too known every bit Yennenga the Svelte, was a legendary African princess, considered the woman bring upwards of the Mossi Mole-Dagbani people of Burkina Faso. She was a famous horse-riding warrior whose boy Ouedraogo founded the Mossi Kingdoms. The root of the "Land of Honest Men," the pregnant of Burkina Faso is entrenched inward the history of Princess Yennenga. The stallion, princess` ain ability creature became an of import symbol inward the province together with it symbolizes her passion, personal displace together with appetite for power.
Princess Yennenga (12th century) was the woman mortal warrior considered to hold upwards the woman bring upwards of the Mossi Kingdom.By Brenda Gael McSweeney
Yennenga was the entirely immature lady of the progenitor of the 4 Mole-Dagbani ethnic groups, Na Gbewa too known every bit Nedega. Na Gbewa or Nedega became the early on twelfth century manly mortal monarch of a Kingdom at Pusiga inward the northern portion of Ghana. Na Gbewa`s 3 sons all founded powerful kingdoms. The outset son, Tohagu founded the Mamprusi kingdom, the minute son, Sitobu founded the Dagomba kingdom together with the other boy founded Nanumba kingdom, all inward the northern portion of Ghana. It is no surprise that Na Gbewa`s entirely daughters` boy Ouedraogo next her mother, Yennenga`s, warrior prowess too founded the nearly powerful Mossi kingdom of the ethnic Mossi people inward Burkina Faso.
Statue of Princess Yennenga at Bobo Dioulasso inward Burkina Faso
Yennenga the entirely immature lady of Na Gbewa was said to really beautiful (as all Mole-Dagbani women are, fifty-fifty today) together with honey princess who from the historic menstruum of 14, fought inward battle for her begetter against the neighbouring Malinkés. She was really brave woman, alongside uncommon skills alongside javelins, spears together with bows, an fantabulous horsewoman who rode horses much ameliorate than his brothers together with commanded her ain battalion at a tender age. Yennenga was such an of import fighter that when she reached a marriageable age, her begetter refused to pick out a married adult man for her or allow her to marry. To limited her unhappiness to her father, Yennenga planted a champaign of wheat. When the crop grew, she allow it rot. She would non harvest it. Her begetter was really surprised together with asked her for an explanation. "You come across father", she said, "you are letting me rot similar the wheat inward this field". King Nedega was really upset, unmoved this gesture together with ordered that she hold upwards locked up.
But Yennenga had friends amid the King's (Na Gbewa) guards. One night, ane of the king’s horsemen helped Yennenga, dressed every bit a man, escape on her stallion. Both rode long into the nighttime together with were afterwards attacked yesteryear Malinké warriors. Yennenga together with her benefactor routed their attackers merely the horseman paid for the victory alongside his life. Yennenga was forthwith solitary inward the middle of the forest, far, far away from Gambaga.
Bravely she continued to ride farther north. At ane betoken inward the journeying she had to cross a river. After using her stallion to withstand the potent currents together with negotiating through the river she became exhausted. She rode slow into a wood together with lay on the dorsum of her horse. It was at this juncture that Yennenga’met a famous solitary elephant hunter called Riale. When he saw through Yennenga’s disguise, they brutal inward love conduct away. They got married; inward fourth dimension Yennenga together with Riale had a boy who came to hold upwards called Ouedraogo, which agency "Male Horse" or “stallion” together with is forthwith a mutual cite inward Burkina Faso. Ouedraogo founded the Mossi Kingdom.
Yennenga is considered yesteryear the Mossi to hold upwards the woman bring upwards of their empire together with many statues of her tin hold upwards flora inward the uppercase urban centre of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 statue of a golden stallion, called the Étalon de Yennenga, is awarded every bit the outset prize inward the biennial Panafrican Film together with Television Festival of Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso's nearly celebrated celluloid makers, Idrissa Ouedraogo, who won the Yennenga prize inward 1991 alongside a celluloid called "Tilai" had the Golden stallion. The national football game squad is nicknamed “Les Étalons” (“the Stallions”) inward reference to Yennenga’s stallion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/fespaco/stallion.shtml
http://moledagbon.blogspot.com/p/history.html
http://equalityburkina.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
Princess Yennenga (12th century) was the woman mortal warrior considered to hold upwards the woman bring upwards of the Mossi Kingdom.By Brenda Gael McSweeney
Yennenga was the entirely immature lady of the progenitor of the 4 Mole-Dagbani ethnic groups, Na Gbewa too known every bit Nedega. Na Gbewa or Nedega became the early on twelfth century manly mortal monarch of a Kingdom at Pusiga inward the northern portion of Ghana. Na Gbewa`s 3 sons all founded powerful kingdoms. The outset son, Tohagu founded the Mamprusi kingdom, the minute son, Sitobu founded the Dagomba kingdom together with the other boy founded Nanumba kingdom, all inward the northern portion of Ghana. It is no surprise that Na Gbewa`s entirely daughters` boy Ouedraogo next her mother, Yennenga`s, warrior prowess too founded the nearly powerful Mossi kingdom of the ethnic Mossi people inward Burkina Faso.
Statue of Princess Yennenga at Bobo Dioulasso inward Burkina Faso
Yennenga the entirely immature lady of Na Gbewa was said to really beautiful (as all Mole-Dagbani women are, fifty-fifty today) together with honey princess who from the historic menstruum of 14, fought inward battle for her begetter against the neighbouring Malinkés. She was really brave woman, alongside uncommon skills alongside javelins, spears together with bows, an fantabulous horsewoman who rode horses much ameliorate than his brothers together with commanded her ain battalion at a tender age. Yennenga was such an of import fighter that when she reached a marriageable age, her begetter refused to pick out a married adult man for her or allow her to marry. To limited her unhappiness to her father, Yennenga planted a champaign of wheat. When the crop grew, she allow it rot. She would non harvest it. Her begetter was really surprised together with asked her for an explanation. "You come across father", she said, "you are letting me rot similar the wheat inward this field". King Nedega was really upset, unmoved this gesture together with ordered that she hold upwards locked up.
But Yennenga had friends amid the King's (Na Gbewa) guards. One night, ane of the king’s horsemen helped Yennenga, dressed every bit a man, escape on her stallion. Both rode long into the nighttime together with were afterwards attacked yesteryear Malinké warriors. Yennenga together with her benefactor routed their attackers merely the horseman paid for the victory alongside his life. Yennenga was forthwith solitary inward the middle of the forest, far, far away from Gambaga.
Bravely she continued to ride farther north. At ane betoken inward the journeying she had to cross a river. After using her stallion to withstand the potent currents together with negotiating through the river she became exhausted. She rode slow into a wood together with lay on the dorsum of her horse. It was at this juncture that Yennenga’met a famous solitary elephant hunter called Riale. When he saw through Yennenga’s disguise, they brutal inward love conduct away. They got married; inward fourth dimension Yennenga together with Riale had a boy who came to hold upwards called Ouedraogo, which agency "Male Horse" or “stallion” together with is forthwith a mutual cite inward Burkina Faso. Ouedraogo founded the Mossi Kingdom.
Yennenga is considered yesteryear the Mossi to hold upwards the woman bring upwards of their empire together with many statues of her tin hold upwards flora inward the uppercase urban centre of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 statue of a golden stallion, called the Étalon de Yennenga, is awarded every bit the outset prize inward the biennial Panafrican Film together with Television Festival of Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso's nearly celebrated celluloid makers, Idrissa Ouedraogo, who won the Yennenga prize inward 1991 alongside a celluloid called "Tilai" had the Golden stallion. The national football game squad is nicknamed “Les Étalons” (“the Stallions”) inward reference to Yennenga’s stallion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/fespaco/stallion.shtmlhttp://moledagbon.blogspot.com/p/history.html
http://equalityburkina.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
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