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Samory Toure (c. 1828 – June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali ...
Samori Ture, founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic military state that resisted French rule in West Africa; Mohamed Yattara; Guinea Bissau. Aladje; Yalany Baio, Bissau-Guinean footballer; Mamadi Camará; Romário Baró; Mimito Biai, Bissau-Guinean footballer; Sana Canté, Bissau-Guinean activist; Rui Dabó, Bissau-Guinean ...
5 de abr. de 2024 · Samory (born c. 1830, near Sarranko, Upper Guinea [now in Guinea]—died June 2, 1900, Gabon, French Congo [now Gabon]) was a Muslim reformer and military leader who founded a powerful kingdom in West Africa and resisted French colonial expansion in the late 19th century.
17 de dic. de 2023 · This article explores the history of Samori's Ture's empire from its emergence as a militant revolution to its collpase after the longest anti-colonial wars in French west-Africa. Map of west Africa in the 19th century highlighting the empire of Samori Ture
22 de feb. de 2009 · Touré became a well-known leader, training and commanding a growing and disciplined army. He expanded his conquests, building a united empire called Mandinka. By 1874, he declared himself Faama (monarch), and established the capital of his kingdom at Bisandugu in present-day Gambia.
Samory Touré (also Samori Ture or Samori ibn Lafiya Ture, c. 1830 – 1900) was a Muslim reformer, military leader and the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, a powerful West African kingdom. Known as a gifted commander, Samory led his people in strong resistance to French expansionism in West Africa in the 1880s.
The Mandingo Wars 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 faced serious resistance by the Mandinka, as they were able to make use of firearms and tactics that impeded French expansion in the area.
