Kingdom of Wuli Wuuli Mansa Banko | |||||||||||
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 Wuli ca. 1850 | |||||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Capital | Madina Wuli | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Mandinka | ||||||||||
| Religion | African traditional religions, Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Mansa | |||||||||||
• 13th century | Mbari Kajo Wali | ||||||||||
• 1904-1936 | Yaka Sara Wali | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Tiramakhan Traore's migration | ca. 1235 | ||||||||||
• Vassal of Bundu | 1867 | ||||||||||
| 1889 | |||||||||||
| Currency | cloth, salt, gold | ||||||||||
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Wuli was a Mandinka kingdom located on the north bank of the Gambia River in what is now the eastern portion of The Gambia and the Tambacounda region of Senegal. Ruled as an independent polity by the Wali family from the early 16th century until European colonialism in the late 19th, it controlled an important crossroads for trading routes linking the upper Niger river valley with the coast.