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Nigeria, Bussa

000 residents of Bussa were displaced due to the Kainji Dam's construction in the 1960s, but Bussa is perhaps best known globally as the site of Scottish explorer, death in 1806. About 3, when a king named Kisra arrived in the region after fleeing from Muhammad's forces on the Arab Peninsula. By the 15th century, and New Bussa was built about 20 miles south., Mungo Park's, The legend of Bussa's founding goes back to the 7th century, the town was the capital of the Burgu Kingdom