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One search surface across galleries, people, places, objects, oral histories, and research sources.
Before the Yarsé
The wider western Sahel before the communities later identified as Yarsé.
Gallery PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARSHIPThe Wangara World
Merchant, scholarly, and mobility networks across West Africa.
Gallery OPEN QUESTIONOrigins Remembered
Multiple origin traditions preserved without collapsing them into one certainty.
Gallery SCHOLARLY RECONSTRUCTIONArrival in Moogo
Settlement, integration, and relationships within Moogo.
Gallery OPEN QUESTIONThe Kuãnda
A dedicated lineage-centered gallery for Kuãnda / Kouanda / Koanda.
Gallery OPEN QUESTIONYamana
A place-centered exhibit connecting settlement, people, oral histories, maps, and research.
Gallery SCHOLARLY RECONSTRUCTIONRoads of Salt & Kola
Trade networks as historical infrastructure across Saharan, Sahelian, and forest zones.
Gallery CONTESTEDIslam, Knowledge & the Unseen
Qur’anic learning, scholarly authority, devotional practice, royal relationships, and contested interpretation.
Gallery OPEN QUESTIONYarma
A flagship audiovisual and comparative research exhibit.
Gallery PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARSHIPThe Mossi/Yarsé Relationship
Language, marriage, commerce, religion, royal service, and reciprocal integration.
Gallery PRIMARY DOCUMENTColonial Encounter
Travel accounts, maps, photographs, reports, and their limitations.
Gallery MUSEUM / ARCHIVE RECORDUpper Volta
Colonial administration, society, movement, and the road to independence.
Gallery MUSEUM / ARCHIVE RECORDBurkina Faso
From independence to contemporary Burkina Faso.
Gallery OPEN QUESTIONKouanda Lives
Documented lives across religion, trade, politics, farming, education, arts, and community.
Gallery OPEN QUESTIONThe Living Yarsé World
Present-day communities and diaspora, published only where evidence supports location and association.
Collection MUSEUM / ARCHIVE RECORDHistorical Map Record — Research
Interface record under review showing how a verified historical map record will appear once rights and provenance are supplied.
Collection PRIMARY DOCUMENTManuscript Record — Research
Research object with archival metadata slots, not a claim that this manuscript exists.
Collection DOCUMENTED ORAL TESTIMONYOral History Record — Research
Research interview record used to prove transcript, consent, and access-control interfaces.
Person OPEN QUESTIONResearch Research Figure
Research record under review person entity proving relation-confidence and evidence behavior. Not a historical person claim.
Person DOCUMENTED ORAL TESTIMONYResearch Oral Historian
record under review only. Replace with reviewed biographical record before publication.
Oral History DOCUMENTED ORAL TESTIMONYElder Testimony — Research Record
A non-factual record under review proving player, transcript, translation, chapter, consent, and provenance states.
Place OPEN QUESTIONYamana — Research Place Record
Place record under review proving geography/evidence linkage. Production geography requires reviewed sources.
Claim OPEN QUESTIONResearch claim record
Claim record under review proving supporting, contradicting, and contextual evidence states.
Route SCHOLARLY RECONSTRUCTIONSalt route — Research Record
Route geometry record under review; not a historical route assertion.
Timeline Event OPEN QUESTIONTimeline event — Research Record
Timeline record under review proving time-indexed search.
Source PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARSHIPScholarly Source Record — Research
Bibliographic record under review. A production record requires a verified citation and stable source URL.
Source MUSEUM / ARCHIVE RECORDArchive Source Record — Research
Archive catalog record under review used to validate search, citation, and linked-claim interfaces.