Died at the age of 103, the funeral of the patriarch of the royal family of Gourcy took place on Friday June 28, 2024 in Gourcy, noted the AIB.
The funeral of El Hadj Abdoulaye Ouédraogo known as ‘Sambolgo’ took place on Friday June 28, 2024 at the family home in sector 2 of Gourcy.
“Old Sambolgo” was the patriarch of the “Warma” family (the reigning family on the throne of the canton of Gourcy).
Retired in 1976 after several years of service in the public administration, he bowed out on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the age of 103.
‘The old man led all the battles of his generation,’ said most of those who knew him on the occasion of these funerals which serve as the ‘doua’ of the 7th day.
He would be the last in the line of ‘fathers’ of the ‘Warma’ family from which the current head of Gourcy, Naaba Baongho, comes.
Source: Burkina Information Agency