424056°W / 10.860056; -14.424056 The Wassoulou empire, also referred to as the Mandinka Empire, Samory's Empire or the Samorian State, was a short-lived...

Wassoulou is a cultural area and historical region in the Wassoulou River Valley of West Africa. It is home to about 160,000 people, and is also the native...

Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea...

Traoré, former Prime Minister of Guinea Samori Ture, founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic military state that resisted French rule in West Africa...

and increasing pressure from the French. The Wassoulou or Wassulu Empire was a short-lived (1878–1898) empire, led by Samori Ture in the predominantly Malinké...

were a series of conflicts from 1883 to 1898 between France and the Wassoulou Empire of the Mandingo people led by Samori Ture. Comparatively, the French...

period and afterwards, though with reduced power. Wassoulou Empire (1878–1898), a short-lived empire built from the conquests of Dyula ruler Samori Ture...

written constitution and alternate rulers. The Wassoulou empire was a short-lived (1878–1898) empire, led by Samory Touré in the predominantly Malinké...

Segou, in present-day Mali. Though not strictly a jihadist state, the Wassoulou Empire, founded by Samori Ture, was a significant Islamic state during this...

This is a navigational list of empires. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References External links List of former...

the Mali Empire. Sofas would also fight, in varying capacities, in the armies of later Mandé states such as the Bamana and Wassoulou empires. The word...

Niger-Congo language family Mandinka people of West Africa Wassoulou Empire, also known as the Mandinka Empire Madinkhaya, an eastern variant of the Syriac alphabet...

1895 the city of Kong was sacked and conquered by Samori Ture of the Wassoulou Empire. The Abron kingdom of Gyaaman was established in the 17th century by...

attacks from Samori Ture as a front in the Mandingo Wars between the Wassoulou Empire and the French. In 1897, Samori defeated the last forces of Kong and...

c. 970 — c. 1240 Decline of the Ghana Empire c. 1,075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire c. 1100 — c. 1235 Aftermath and Sosso Occupation c. 1217 —...

Bonoman, Sijilmassa, and other Saharan cities. It became part of the Mali Empire early in the 14th century. By this time it had become a major centre of...

died in 1917. From 1882 until his capture, Samori Ture, ruler of the Wassoulou Empire, fought the French colonial army, defeating them on several occasions...

kingdom after kingdom. With the fall of Samory Ture's new-founded Wassoulou Empire in 1898 and the Ashanti queen Yaa Asantewaa in 1902, most West African...

a Dyula warlord who named the city in 1878 as the capital of his Wassoulou Empire (1861-1890). He was known for his resistance to French colonial forces...

empires and kingdoms sprang out from the Senegambia region, including but not limited to the great Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire,...

[citation needed]. In the 1870s Bate agreed to join Samori Ture's Wassoulou Empire. When Bate refused to help him subjugate another Muslim state, however...

African jihadists, including Massina Empire founder Seku Amadu, Toucouleur Empire founder Omar Saidou Tall, Wassoulou Empire founder Samori, Adamawa Emirate...

flag of the Massina Empire (1818–1862), located in the present-day regions of Mopti and Ségou Historical flag of the Wassoulou Empire (1878–1898), located...

was later used by the Bamana Empire and the Wassoulou Empire of Samori Toure and non-Mandinka groups in the Kenedougou Empire. Both faama and mansa are word...

Ture (Samory Touré), a noted Muslim Mandinka king who founded the Wassoulou Empire (1861–1890) in the territory of Guinea and Mali, defeating numerous...

Massina Empire (possible) A yellow field with a green crescent moon and 3 5-pointed stars in the center. 1878–1898 Flag of The Wassoulou Empire A horizontal...

state that replaced the Kingdom of Naples in 1799. Nominally the Holy Roman Empire, of which the Austrian Netherlands and the Duchy of Milan were under direct...

in Mali. As he assumed the throne, Babemba faced both an expanding Wassoulou Empire under Samori Ture and an aggressive French colonial army that was in...

was partly due to a fascination with the great empires, such as the Mali Empire and the Songhay Empire that rose to prominence in the area, and partly...

Massina Empire founder Seku Amadu, Toucouleur Empire founder El Hadj Umar Tall (who married one of dan Fodio's granddaughters), Wassoulou Empire founder...