"I know the whites wish to kill me to take my country, and yet you claim that they will help me to organise my country. But I find my country good just as it is. I have no need of them. I know what is necessary for me and what I want. I have my own merchants. Consider yourself fortunate that I do not order your head to be cut off. Go away now, and above all, never come back.”

These are the words of Wobogo, the Moro Naba, king of the Mossi, to the French Captain Restenave in 1895.

Summary:

King Wobogo of the Mossi rejected French aid, asserting his country's independence and thrẹatening the French Captain Restenave in 1895. Power to the fucking people! 😎