At this moment when the French were in pursuit Samori was in conflict again with Tieba of Sikasso. In 1886 Samori signed the treaty of Bisandugu with the French. Under its terms he gave up all his territory north of the river Niger. In return the French would respect Samori’s empire south of the Niger. […]
It the history of West Africa, Samori distinguishes himself as a leader who waged the longest war of resistance against the European encroachment. For 16 years Mandinka managed to resist French conquest mainly because he had created an intact state well organized socially, economically, militarily and with an effective political administration system. The reason for […]
Samori built on foundations already laid by Dyula traders with whom he had close links; but his military skills, acquired when serving in the Sise army, were the main factor behind his success as an empire builder.
The establishment of Mandinka as an empire is an interesting history of a pure African entity that emerged as a result of both situational and agent factors. The context out of which the state emerged was characterized by internal challenges.
This is a short history of Africa excluding Egypt, Ethiopia and (Dutch and British)
South Africa, which are the subjects of separate histories. Some of the history of
these countries, however, is naturally mentioned in this history of the rest of Africa –
but is kept to the minimum needed to make the rest comprehensible.
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