Manding Kingdom
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The Manding region (located between southern Mali and eastern Guinea) was divided into three provinces ruled by the Malinké clans: the Condé ruled over the province of Do, the Camara over the Bouré and the Keita Konaté allied to the Traoré in the Kiri. Around 1050, the Keita Konaté clan won out over the others creating the Manding Kingdom.
Establishment
January 1051: The Manding (or Mandé) region was divided into three provinces ruled by the Malinké clans: the Condé ruled over the province of Do, the Camara over the Bouré and the Keita Konaté allied to the Traoré in the Kiri. Around 1050, the Keita Konaté clan won out over the others. They converted to Islam and refused submission to the Ghana Empire.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1201: At the end of the 12th century the Mandé people established their polity. Their first king was Naré Maghann Konaté.
January 1474: After a persistent seven-year siege, Songhai forces were able to forcefully incorporate Djenné into the empire in 1473, but only after having starved its citizens into surrender.
January 1879: Samory Touré establishes the Wassoulou Empire after a series of military campaigns.
January 1899: French military expedition to Sikasso.
October 1958: French Guinea became independent from France in 1958 after its voters rejected Charles de Gaulle's Constitution of 1958. This led to the territory joining the Republic of Guinea.
Disestablishment
October 1958: French Guinea became independent from France in 1958 after its voters rejected Charles de Gaulle's Constitution of 1958. This led to the territory joining the Republic of Guinea.
