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control and who used up the resources of the realm to contrive the oddest and most expensive charms in order to allay the ruler's fear that he would be assassinated". Crozat reported that Wobogo had a hundred wives, although he did not see this many when he visited since many lived in neighboring villages.
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Boukary Koutou's father, ruler of
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However, Crozat was not impressed by Wobogo upon meeting him in 1890. He described him in his reports as "timid, shaky" and living "confined to his palace with his servants and wives, not daring to go out". Crozat reported that Wobogo "spent his time consulting holy men who had him under their
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were a warlike nation with formidable cavalry, who had successfully resisted all past invaders. With the decline of the central state in the 18th century,
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people were engaged in civil war. Wobogo attempted to halt the fighting to avoid giving a poor impression to his
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