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Wassoulou Empire | |||||||||||||||
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| 1878–1898 | |||||||||||||||
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 Wassoulou Empire at its peak | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Bissandugu | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic (official) Mandinka | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
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• 1878–1898 | Samori Ture | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 29 September 1898 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Côte 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.
- ^ 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.