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	Encyclopedia: Mossi
		The emperor of the Mossi is the Moro Naba, who lives in the capital, Ouagadougou, and has the status of a Divine King.
		In the centuries between 1500 and 1900 the Mossi were a major political and military force in the bend of the Niger River and were effective in resisting the movements of Muslim Fulani armies across the Sudan area of west Africa.
		During the sixty years of French colonial rule the Mossi population was exploited as a source of human labor for French plantations in Côte d'Ivoire.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mossi (1064 words)

	mossi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mossi are a people who live in central Burkina Faso.
		The Mossi states were created about 1500 A.D., when bands of horsemen rode north from what is now northern Ghana into the basin of the Volta River and conquered several less powerful peoples, including Dogon, Lela, Nuna, and Kurumba.
		The emperor of the Mossi is the Moro Naba, who lives in the capital, Ouagadougou.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /mossi.html (288 words)

	Mossi People
		The Mossi are primarily farmers, raising millet, sorghum, maize, sesame, peanuts, and indigo.
		From the founding of the Mossi states to the present the economy of Burkina Faso and of the Mossi benefitted from their position astride major trade routes between the forest and the desert and from the open trade policies of the government surrounded by countries such as Ghana and Mali which restricted trade.
		Among the most important religious celebrations are annual sacrifices to honor the memories of the royal ancestors, when each and every male head of a household reaffirms his dependence on the benevolence of the chief and his ancestors for health and well-being of his family.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/Mossi.html (747 words)

	Mossi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mossi is the name of a people living in central (A desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960) Burkina Faso.
		During the sixty years of French colonial rule the Mossi population was exploited as a source of human labor for French (A newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)) plantations in (Click link for more info and facts about Côte d'Ivoire) Côte d'Ivoire.
		Mossi continue to practice traditional (Worship of ancestors) ancestor worship and fertility rituals.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mossi.htm (470 words)

	Moose
		The complex of Mossi chiefdoms and states and the expanding Mossi frontier at their edges allowed resettlement as a means of improving one's opportunities or escape from a difficult community, even before the French colonial regime intentionally stimulated massive labor migration by imposing a head tax payable in francs.
		The Mossi are noted as the major—if not the only—Sahelian states to withstand the spread of Islam in the region.
		The Mossi are known ethnographically for a formal dichotomy between political and spiritual power: the political power of the chiefs, signified by the naam, is offset by the religious power of the tengsoba, or “earth-owner.” In much of West Africa, an important distinction is drawn between wild land and animals, and domesticated animals and farmland.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /anthro/faculty/fiske/135b/moose.htm (3920 words)

	Mossi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mossi are a people who live in central Burkina Faso.There are approximately 3.5 million and they speak the More language.
		In the centuries between 1500 and 1900 the Mossi were a major political and military force in the bend of the Niger River and wereeffective in resisting the movements of Muslim Fulani armies across the Sudan area of west Africa.
		During the sixty years of French colonial rulethe Mossi population was exploited as a source of human labor for French plantations in Côte d'Ivoire.
	www.therfcc.org /mossi-147865.html (227 words)

	Mossi_Figures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mossi figures are sometimes ascribed to other groups in Burkina FAso, especially the Bobo, while the sculpture of groups across the Western Sudan is sometimes erroneously ascribed to the Mossi.
		The Mossi believe that these animals exhibit a character trait that is highly regarded in a successful chief: they remain calm and "cool" in the face of danger, and do not cry out as their throats are cut in sacrifice.
		Because of the sex and size of the three figures, the chief's wives refer to the male figure as the baba (father), the female as ma (mother) and the small, fl, bisexual figure as biiga (child) in spite of the fact that the "child" is clearly the oldest of the three.
	artqtserver.art.uiowa.edu:8080 /Chief_figures/Index.html (5209 words)

	Mossi - Ethnos - Books about the Mossi People
		Lords of the Savanna: The Bambara, Fulani, Mossi, Nupe and Wolofo (The Kingdoms of Africa)
		The Mossi of Burkina Faso: Chiefs, Politicians and Soldiers
		Le proverbe chez les Mossi du Yatenga (Haute-Volta).
	www.almudo.com /ethnos/Mossi.htm (227 words)

	Mossi - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mossi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Their social structure, based on a monarchy, aristocracy, commoners, and slaves, was established in the 13th–14th centuries.
		There are about 4 million speakers of Mossi, a language belonging to the Gur branch of the Niger–Congo family.
		The Mossi were farmers and artisans, the latter forming separate castes.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mossi (128 words)

	Burkina Faso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Much of Burkina Faso is populated by descendants of the Mossi empire, founded when a band of horsemen from nearby Ghana galloped through at the turn of the 15th century.
		Mossi tribes people bear a scar on their right cheek with two sidelong scars across the horizontal scar.
		Founded in the 15th century, it was the capital of the Mossi kingdom of Wagadugu (in 1441).
	www.africa-afrika.com /burkino.html (2050 words)

	Mossi_Mask_Styles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ouagadougou style Mossi masks are related stylistically to the red, white, and fl zoomorphic masks used by the Nouna, Lela, Ko, and Kàssena, whom the Mossi call gurunsi and who are the southwestern neighbors of the Mossi.
		The geographical range of this style is a narrow strip of eastern Mossi country, bordering the Gourma, and extending from Yalgho and Tougouri in the north, through Zeguedeguin, to Boulsa and the swampy areas south of Nyegha in the south.
		Mossi cul tural history must be understood as an amalgamation of the Tengabisi agricul turalists and the Nakomsé cavalrymen, a process which began in the early fifteenth century.
	artqtserver.art.uiowa.edu:8080 /Mask_styles/Index.html (4529 words)

	History of Burkina Faso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Until the end of the 19th century, the history of Burkina Faso was dominated by the empire-building Mossi, who are believed to have come from central or eastern Africa sometime in the 11th century.
		For centuries, the Mossi peasant was both farmer and soldier, and the Mossi people were able to defend their religious beliefs and social structure against forcible attempts to convert them to Islam by Muslims from the northwest.
		In 1932, the new colony was dismembered in a move to economize; it was reconstituted in 1937 as an administrative division called the Upper Coast.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burkina_Faso/History (1051 words)

	Mossi language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mossi Lingerie Vendita online di biancheria intima per donna.
		Colon-Language-Center Language Center in Hamburg, Germany, is a large institute which offers language classes in German as a foreign language as well as classes in 18 other languages plus language travels in 20 different countries.
		Mission Possible: Mossi People of Burkina Faso Presents country profile, team biographies, lifestyle overview, prayer requests, and a photo gallery.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Mossi_language.html (427 words)

	Teri Galleries Fine Art - Pan Mossi Collection
		Mossi is currently involved in many associations including the Shanghai Artist Association and Chinese Young Artist League.
		Mossi was nationally recognized at the 40th Anniversary tor the Founding of P.R.C. He was first shown in United States at the International Artexpo New York in 2002.
		Mossi continues to explore new technique and believes that his career is a learning process.
	www.terigalleries.com /mossi.html (345 words)

	African statues, sculptures, figures, fetishes
		Because a bride takes along her doll when she moves to her husband's patriclan residence, which may be a considerable distance away, the village in which a doll has been collected often is not the village in which the doll was carved, resulting in much confusion when one attempts to correlate styles with geographical origins.
		Elder Mossi women state that the wooden doll a woman uses to signal her desire for a child represents neither the ancestral spirits nor the kinkirsi.
		Mossi dolls are carved by smiths during the dry season, when the craftsman has plenty of time free from work in his fields.
	www.vub.ac.be /BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-statues.htm (13596 words)

	Mossi Tribe Doll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Historically the Mossi were composed of many indigenous people including the Dogon in the north until the Dogon fled to the Bandiagara Cliffs from invaders.
		Mossi sculpture, masks, metal work and jewelry are crafted by the flsmith who have their own caste, live in separate quarters and marry only within the caste.
		All Mossi dolls have a cylindrical base that is slightly wider than the body.
	www.authenticafrica.com /mossitribedoll.html (251 words)

	Mossi
		The Mossi are African people whose numbers total around two and a half million residing in Burkina Faso.
		The Mossi have continued their ancient but traditional religion which is based on ancestor worship and the family.
		Within the Mossi culture, family is patriarchal, meaning father based or typically the oldest man in the family known as the "Vieu." Everyday common decisions are made by each individual father, but the Vieu makes the important ones.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/africa/mossi.html (946 words)

	Scanned photos catalogue
		Mossi masks belonging to one family, showing the same kisgu (totem) the rooster.
		Mossi masks at a year-end anceatral celebration in the village of Zeguedeguin, far eastern Mossi area, 1977.
		Mossi masks at a funeral in a small town south of Boulsa, far eastern Mossi area, 1977.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/Burkina_mask_catalogue/index4.htm (388 words)

	ArtWorld AFRICA - Mossi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mossi societies are hierarchical, ruled over by an emperor who enjoyed the status of a divine king and who, in the likeness of sun and fire, could bring peace and prosperity.
		The Mossi domestic unit is the bundu or clan.
		Mossi art is simplistic in nature, a feature not found among their neighbours.
	artworld.uea.ac.uk /teaching_modules/africa/cultural_groups_by_country/mossi/welcome.html (295 words)

	West African Objects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most of these Mossi dolls are wood with leather, and commissioned from a local carver.
		Mossi dolls are stylized female figures, carved in a cylindrical format, with an extremely narrow semicircular head.
		While the education of a Mossi girl is a primary function of the dolls, some also hold importance for adult women.
	www.muhlenberg.edu /cultural/gallery/african/mossi.html (374 words)

	Mossi -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Mossi society, organized as in the former Mossi states (c.
		In the colonial era the Mossi acted as trading intermediaries between the forest states and the cities of the Niger.
		It was the capital of the historic Mossi kingdom of Wagadugu (founded in the 15th century) and the seat of the morho naba (“great king”) of the Mossi people.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article?eu=397989&query=mali&ct= (674 words)

	Resources on the Mossi
		The rural market is the center of Mossi social life, and friends as...
		Oba of Benin, notables from Mossi, Sierra Leone...
		Today, the Mossi are the largest tribe living in...
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/african/Mossi.html (905 words)

	Mossi Tribe
		History:The Mossi states were created about 1500 A.D., when bands of horsemen rode north from what is now northern Ghana into the basin of the Volta River and conquered several less powerful peoples, including Dogon, Lela, Nuna, and Kurumba.
		Economy:The Mossi are primarily farmers, raising millet, sorghum, maize, sesame, peanuts, and indigo.
		The nyonyose are the descendants of the conquered peoples who lived in the region before the Mossi arrived.
	www.gateway-africa.com /tribe/mossi_tribe.html (759 words)

	ABOUT MOSSI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mossi are the largest tribe living in Burkina Faso and have a centralized governing body, in addition to clans and professional corporations led by elders known as Zaksoba.
		The first Mossi empire was founded during the 15th century by invaders from Ghana.
		Their religous activities are dictated by the rhythm of the seasons.
	www.ethnix.com /AlphaSearch/MOSSI.html (54 words)

	Mossi Fertility Doll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mossi are the largest ethnic group living in the country of Burkina Faso.
		Like many other Africans the Mossi are believers and makers of small wooden dolls that are used for play by young girls and for magic by the female adult.
		There are endless variations to the Mossi doll sculptural design, reflecting various villages, periods and artists.
	www.authenticafrica.com /mosferdol.html (154 words)

	Mossi/B503mossi.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mossi people numbering from 2.2 million to 3.5 million are mainly farmers who inhabit the central plateau region of Burkina Faso.
		Figures, usually female, representing the Earth Goddess, the Mossi ancestress are reserved exclusively for the ruling elite, the Nakomse, as symbols of political power.
		While on view, the figures were dressed with a cloth wrapper covering the lower portion of their bodies in imitation of Mossi women’s traditional dress.
	arttribal.com /Mossi/B503mossi1.htm (120 words)

	History of Burkina Faso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Until the end of the 19th century, the history of Burkina Faso was dominated by the empire-building Mossi.
		The French arrived and claimed the area in 1896, but Mossi resistance ended only with the capture of their capital Ouagadougou in 1901.
		The French administered the area indirectly through Mossi authorities until independence was achieved on August 5, 1960.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/burkinafaso.html (670 words)

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