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The End of Empire in French West Africa: France's Successful Decolonization. Berg (2002). ISBN 1-85973-557-6; Gellar, Sheldon. Senegal: an African nation between Islam and the West (Boulder: Westview Press, 1982). Idowu, H. Oludare. The Conseil General in Senegal, 1879–1920, Ibadan: University of Ibadan, 1970 (Thèse) Leland, Conley Barrows.
The Jolof Empire (Arabic: امبراطورية جولوف), also known as Great Jolof, [1] or the Wolof Empire, was a Wolof state that ruled parts of West Africa situated in modern-day Senegal, Mali, Gambia and Mauritania from around the 12th century [2] [3] [4] to 1549.
Ndiaye, Bara (2021). "Le Jolof: Naissance et Evolution d'un Empire jusqu'a la fin du XVIIe siecle" [The Jolof: Birth and Evolution of an Empire until the end of the 17th century]. In Fall, Mamadou; Fall, Rokhaya; Mane, Mamadou (eds.). Bipolarisation du Senegal du XVIe - XVIIe siecle [Bipolarization of Senegal from the 16th - 17th century] (in ...
Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. [14] It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north. [15] The climate is typically Sahelian, though there is a rainy season. Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square ...
The following is a list of rulers of the Jolof Empire. The Jolof Empire (French language – Diolof or Djolof) was a West African state that ruled parts of Senegal and The Gambia from 1360 [1] to 1890. The rulers were known as "Buur-ba Jolof". Their surnames were Njie (or Ndiaye).
Extent of the Mali Empire (circa 1,350 C.E.) 1,235 C.E. — 1,250 C.E. Early imperial expansion of the Mali Empire. 1,235 C.E. — 1,255 C.E. Tiramakhan's western campaign. Tiramakhan, also known as Tiramaghan, of the Traore clan, was ordered by Sonjata to bring an army west after the king of Jolof had allowed horses to be stolen from Mandekalu ...
Afrikaans; العربية; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Беларуская; Български; Bosanski; Brezhoneg; Català; Čeština
According to legend, Maysa Wali elected the legendary Ndiadiane Ndiaye (Serer proper: Njaajaan Njaay) in c. 1360 as first Emperor of the Jolof Empire. He was the first king of modern Senegal to voluntarily gave his allegiance to Ndiadiane Ndiaye and asked others to do so, thereby making Sine a vassal of the Jolof Empire. [43]