Jolof Kingdom جولوف | |||||||||
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| 1549–1890 | |||||||||
 Jolof ca. 1850 | |||||||||
| Capital | Ouarkhokh, Yang-Yang | ||||||||
| Common languages | Wolof, Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam (19th Century), Animism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emperor (Buur-ba Jolof) | |||||||||
• 1549-1566 | al-Buri Penda | ||||||||
• 1875-1890 | Alboury N'Diaye | ||||||||
| Legislature | Jaaraf Jambure | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern Period | ||||||||
• Established | 1549 | ||||||||
• Evacuation of Jolof by Alboury Ndiaye and occupation by the French | 1890 | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Jolof (Arabic: جولوف), also known as Wolof and Wollof, was a West African rump state located in what is today the nation of Senegal. For nearly two hundred years, the Wolof rulers of the Jolof Empire collected tribute from vassal kings' states who voluntarily agreed to the confederacy.[1] At the 1549 Battle of Danki, however, the Buurba Jolof was defeated by the lord of Kayor, resulting in the rapid disintegration of the empire. Jolof survived as a rump state, unable to access the Atlantic trade between its former vassal territories and the Portuguese.
- ^ Mwakikagile, Godfrey Ethnic Diversity and Integration in the Gambia