Wassoulou Empire

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Wassoulou Empire
1878–1898
Flag of Wassoulou Empire
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Wassoulou Empire at its peak
Wassoulou Empire at its peak
CapitalBissandugu
Common languagesArabic (official)
Mandinka
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Faama 
• 1878–1898
Samori Ture
History 
• Established
1878
• Disestablished
29 September 1898
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Baté Empire
Toucouleur Empire
Kong Empire
French West Africa
Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
Today part ofCôte d'Ivoire
Guinea
Mali
Sierra Leone

The Wassoulou Empire, also referred to as the Ouassalou Empire, Mandinka Empire, Samory's Empire or the Samorian State, was a short-lived West African state that existed from roughly 1878 until 1898,[1] although dates vary from source to source. It spanned from what is now southwestern Mali and upper Guinea, with its capital in Bissandugu; it expanded further south into Northern Sierra Leone and east into northern Ivory Coast before its downfall.

  1. ^ BLACK, JEREMY (2021). A Short History of War. Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1z9n1hp. ISBN 978-0-300-25651-2. JSTOR j.ctv1z9n1hp. S2CID 239267355.