Editing Gaoua (section)

==Lobi Goldfields==
Though their ancient home was considered to be [[Takyiman]] in Ghana, the Lobi migrated across the [[Mouhoun River]] as a result of the Dagomba Wars in the 1770s.  Thirty years later, the Lobi displaced the [[Ga-Adangbe people|Gan]] at Gaoua.  The French occupied southwest Burkina Faso in 1879, based on the region's reputation for gold, dating back to the era of [[Mossi people|Mossi]] and [[Dyula people|Dyula]] gold traders.  Although primarily farmers, the Lobi did partake of [[gold panning]] around Gaoua, besides Gaoua being on a trade route to the [[Poura]] gold mines further north.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Gundlach |first=Cory |title=The river and the shrine: Lobi art and sense of place |degree=MA |publisher=University of Iowa |url=https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.a95cyuqx |accessdate=8 November 2018 |pages=56,64–65,98,131 |date=2012|doi=10.17077/etd.a95cyuqx |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=J.B. |last2=Hastings |first2=D.A. |last3=Jones |first3=W.B. |last4=Williams |first4=H.R. |editor1-last=Wright |editor1-first=J.B. |title=Geology and Mineral Resources of West Africa |date=1985 |publisher=George Allen & UNWIN |location=London |isbn=9780045560011 |pages=45–47 |ref=gold}}</ref>