Editing Mossi people (section)

===Colonial era===
[[Image:Boukary_Koutou,_also_known_as_Wobgho,_Mossi_King_of_Ouagadougou_with_cavalry,_Burkina_Faso,_1892.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The fast-moving Mossi cavalry once dominated large areas of what is now Burkina Faso]]

French rule affected Mossi society and weakened the power of the Mossi [[emperor]], the ''[[Mogho Naaba]]''. Despite colonization, the Mogho Naaba was given some authority over the Mossi during the French colonial period. He is consulted today for crucial decisions, especially those affecting the destiny of society. Two great events have affected the status of the Mogho Naaba during colonization:

* During the initial phase of the French invasion, he retired to the Mamprusi kingdom with which the Mossi have always kept brotherly relations.
* In 1896, the Mogho Naaba accepted the French [[protectorate]].

The Mossi and several other peoples played a significant role in France's military during [[World War II]]. They constituted part of the corps in the military troops of French West Africa, known in French as the ''Tirailleurs Sénégalais''.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Mourre | first = Martin | journal = [[Africa (journal)|Africa]] | publisher= Cambridge University Press |title= African colonial soldiers, memories and imagining migration in Senegal in the twenty-first century| date=  17 July 2018 | volume= 88 | number= 3| pages = 518–538 | doi = 10.1017/S0001972018000207 | s2cid = 149999473 | doi-access= free }}</ref>