Naaba Kango

Naaba Kango (died 1787) was a ruler of Yatenga. After the death of his brother, Naaba Piiyo, Kango became ruler in 1754. He was soon forced into exile by Naaba Wobgo. He returned in 1757, with a firearms-based army. He founded the new capital at Ouahigouya in 1780.[1][2]

References
  1. Ogot, Bethwell A. (1992). General history of Africa (1st ed.). London: Heinemann. pp. 343–44. ISBN 9780435948115.
  2. Diamitani, Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, Boureima (2013). Historical dictionary of Burkina Faso (3rd ed.). Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 108. ISBN 9780810867703.


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