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Name: Wassoulou Empire

Type: Polity

Start: 1879 AD

End: 1898 AD

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Was a short-lived (1878-1898) empire of West Africa built from the conquests of Malinke ruler Samori Ture and destroyed by the French colonial army.

Establishment


  • January 1879: Samory Touré establishes the Wassoulou Empire after a series of military campaigns.
  • January 1879: The territory of Solimana was then briefly assimilated into Samori's Wassoulou Empire.
  • Chronology


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    1. Mandingo Wars


    Were a series of conflicts from 1883 to 1898 between France and the Wassoulou Empire.

    1.1.First Mandingo War

    Was a war between France and the Wassoulou Empire.

  • January 1887: In 1886 Samory was forced to accept the Niger as his frontier.

  • 1.2.Second Mandingo War

    Was a war between France and the Wassoulou Empire.

  • January 1896: Samory defeated the French, putting a temporary end to the protectorate over the Ivory Coast.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1880: The Baté Empire was conquered by the Wassoulou Empire in 1879.

  • March 1893: The French Ivory Coast is officially established as a French colony on 10 March 1893 and its borders are defined.

  • September 1898: The Wassoulou empire was a short-lived (1878-1898) empire, led by Samory Touré in the predominantly Malinké area of what is now upper Guinea and southwestern Mali (Wassoulou).

  • September 1898: Territories conquered during a campaign that lasted until 1898 against Samory Touré, a Malinke warrior chief from present-day Guinea.

  • Disestablishment


  • September 1898: Territories conquered during a campaign that lasted until 1898 against Samory Touré, a Malinke warrior chief from present-day Guinea.
  • September 1898: The Wassoulou empire was a short-lived (1878-1898) empire, led by Samory Touré in the predominantly Malinké area of what is now upper Guinea and southwestern Mali (Wassoulou).
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