Yennega
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- Yennega was a Princess loved by her kingdom. Even being skillful, her brothers always tried to make her stop training.
- You're a girl, you can't fight even if you train more.
- She paid atention to what they said. So she rode her horse faster and faster, becoming the fastest one. After all, she started using a sword and a bow.
- Then she visited her father, wanting to protect her kingdom from Malinke people, having a conversation with her father.
- If we don't fight with all our forces, there will be no one to look for our kingdom!
- Father, i'm the fastest and the bravest human in this kingdom. Let me fight at your side.
- I know, but who are going to look for the Dagomba people if you won't be there?
- So Yennega became a really great warrior.
- But a life full of battles turned her away from her people. So she had a last friendly talk, with her father.
- Not a single word. That conversation ends here!
- No, you won't! They will see that you're gone, so the Malinke will return. I need you more then they!
- I want to go back home to take care of the kingdom, and to finally rest.
- But-
- Cut it! Our people need to eat!
- Years passed, and she started to grow crops at her father's door. But she let them grown until their death. Her father saw it, and he wasn't happy.
- Now you care about them? They are like these crops, at a certain time death will came!
- The king, gone really angry, sending her own daughter to the prison.
- So a warrior friend helped Yennega to escape, giving her clothes and a horse, to rode away.
- The king, gone really angry, sending her own daughter to the prison.
- Unfortunely, arriving at the Malinke village.
- A group of Malinke warriors came to fight.
- The princess and her friend fought with to many warriors. The men fight her friend and killed him. Yennenga was a wonderful warrior and she killed all the men.
- The princess was very tired after the fight, but she rode for many days after days.
- I am so thirsty. I don't know this place, and it seems like there's no rivers.
- She went to another forest. Yennenga fell from the horse into two kind arms. Those arms helped her putting she on the ground of the forest. Her eyes closed, and she slept for a long time.
- The princess was very tired after the fight, but she rode for many days after days.
- The next morning, Yennenga opened her eyes and there was a warm fire in front of her.
- My name is Riale, I'm a hunter. I find and kill elephants in the forest. I don't have much food, but please eat with me.
- I want to stay with you, Riale, But I must tell you something. I am the princess of the Dagbon Kingdom. My father's angry with me and I can't go home again.
- Riale was a kind man and Yennenga liked him. After some weeks, Yennenga started to love Riale.
- I'll look after you and we will be happy together here,
- They married and had a son called Ouedragogo
- Many years later, Ouedragogo started the Mossi Kingdom. And Princess Yennenga, a wonderful warrior and kind woman, was the new mother of the Mossi Kingdom.
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