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 […]