Wassoulou Empire [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Wassoulou Empire
The Wassoulou Empire, sometimes referred to as the Mandinka Empire, was a short-lived (1878–1898) empire of West Africa built from the conquests of Malinke ruler Samori Ture and destroyed by the French colonial army.
In 1864, Toucouleur ruler El Hajj Umar Tall died near Bandiagara, leaving the then-dominant Toucouleur Empire tottering and a number of chiefs rushing to break their own pieces away from the newly weakened federation. By far the most successful among them was Samori Touré of what is now southwestern Guinea
Mandinka
Mandinka, Mandika, Mandinkha, Mandinko, or Mandingo may refer to:
Culture and history.
- the Mandinka people of West Africa
- the Mandingo people of Sierra Leone
- the Mandinka language
- Mandingo Wars (1883–1898), series of armed conflicts between France and the Wassoulou Empire of the Mandingo people led by Samory Touré
- Wassoulou Empire, also known as the Mandinka Empire
- Madinkha, a term meaning the eastern world in Syriac
- Madinkhaya, an eastern variant of the