BUSSA  , a

town in the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria, on the west bank of the Niger, in Io° 9' N., 4° 40' E . It is situated just above the rapids which mark the limit of navigability of the Niger by steamer from the sea . Here in 18o6 Mungo Park, in his second expedition to trace the course of the Niger, was attacked by the inhabitants, and drowned while endeavouring to escape . During 1894–1898 its possession was disputed by Great Britain and France, the last-named country acknowledging by the convention of June 1898 the British claim, which carried with it the control of the lower Niger . It is now the capital of northern Borgu (see NIGERIA, and BORGU) .