01 / 16Origins and western Sahel context
Before the Yarsé
A cartographic opening to the contexts in which Yarsé histories are remembered and researched.
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THE MUSEUM
Sixteen exhibitions, organized into four curatorial wings so the historical journey is legible without flattening uncertainty.
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EXHIBITIONS 01–04
Origins & networks
Mandé context, Wangara networks, remembered origins and arrival in Moogo.
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02 / 16Commerce, scholarship and mobility
The Wangara World
Commercial and scholarly worlds are connected through records, not assumed descent.
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03 / 16Memory and origin traditions
Origins Remembered
Several origin traditions remain visible, with their evidence states kept distinct.
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04 / 16Settlement and integration
Arrival in Moogo
Settlement narratives meet the people and institutions that made places meaningful.
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05 / 16Names, branches and evidence
The Kuãnda
A careful look at names, branches and what can actually be linked.
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06 / 16Place and family memory
Yamana
Yamana anchors a foundational family dossier while preserving uncertainty and source boundaries.
Enter exhibition →07 / 16Trade infrastructure
Roads of Salt and Kola
Salt and kola make routes, markets and material exchange visible.
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08 / 16Religious and scholarly networks
Islam, Knowledge & the Unseen
Mosques, teaching and Islamic networks are presented through documented roles.
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EXHIBITIONS 09–12
Society & historical change
Yarma, Mossi–Yarsé relations, colonial encounter and Upper Volta.
09 / 16Practice and cultural memory
Yarma
Yarma is treated as cultural practice, with observation separated from conclusion.
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10 / 16People, exchange and relationship
Mossi–Yarsé Relationship
A visual study of exchange and relationship without collapsing networks into genealogy.
Enter exhibition →11 / 16Colonial archives and encounter
Colonial Encounter
Maps and records frame colonial encounter with dates and evidence states visible.
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12 / 16Institutions and changing geography
Upper Volta
Upper Volta is a geographic and institutional chapter, not a shortcut to identity.
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EXHIBITIONS 13–16
Kouanda, living history & memory
Burkina Faso, Kouanda lives, the living Yarsé world and captivity memory.
13 / 16Nation, memory and continuity
Burkina Faso
National history meets living memory and the archive’s continuing work.
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14 / 16Repertoire gateway
Kouanda Lives
A gateway from the exhibition sequence into the people, personalities and relationships of The Repertoire.
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15 / 16Living communities and custodians
The Living Yarsé World
Living cultural work, custodianship and continuity remain part of the public record.
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16 / 16Captivity, commerce, routes and memory
Captivity, Commerce & the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade
A source-grounded exhibition connecting market history to wider commercial and human networks across the Moogo, western Sudan and Sahara.
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