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Wassoulou Empire
1878-1898 empire in West Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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1878–1898 | |||||||||||||||
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Capital | Bissandugu | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | Arabic (official) Mandinka | ||||||||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
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• 1878–1898 | Samori Ture | ||||||||||||||
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• Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 29 September 1898 | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Côte d'Ivoire Guinea Mali Sierra Leone |
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The Wassoulou empire, also referred to as the 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 and east into northern Ghana and Ivory Coast before its downfall.