Abdul Bubakar, the almami of the Imamate of Futa Jallon in the late nineteenth century, sought to reorganize the French protectorate (founded in the mid-nineteenth century by Omar Saidou Tall of the Toucouleur people) to oppose further French advances up the Senegal River.
Abdul Bubakar sought to reorganize the Tukolor confederation to oppose further French advances up the Senegal River. 
