Boubon is a large village in southwestern Niger (West Africa), 27.8 km to the northwest of the centre of the capital Niamey.

On the eastern side Boubon is bordered by the sandy bed of an intermittent stream, the Guendiora, that flows into the Niger here.

There used to be a Campement Touristique on the island in the river facing Boubon, with a restaurant, a pool, and cabins to stay for the night.

Even the French commander Löffler at the time recognized this, saying the taxes "are imposed with an efficiency facilitated by the proximity of the chief town - Niamey - and they are paid without the natives being able to seize any justification, if not that of force".

Then, being a realist, Morou consulted the neighboring villages Boubon, Sorbon Haoussa, Sakaraara, Namari-goungou, and others and managed to gather around 1200 warriors.

The leaders of the allied villages began to buy horses: the great settling of accounts with the white men was thus actively prepared.

The next morning, not far from Boubon, the French column faced the troops of Morou: 700 men (300 riders and 400 archers) hidden in the scattered thickets on the slopes of the plateau.

Morou and his partisans dispersed in the direction of the Zarmaganda Plateau and Captain Bouchez torched the villages of Boubon and Karma -abandoned by their inhabitants.