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The Bamana Empire (also Bambara Empire or Ségou Empire, Bambara: ߓߊ߲ߓߊߙߊ߲߫ ߝߊ߯ߡߟߊ, romanized: Banbaran Fāmala) was one of the largest states of West Africa in the 18th century. [ 1 ] : 408 Along with Kaarta it was one of the most important successors of the Songhai Empire .
The Bamana appeared again in this milieu with the rise of a Bamana Empire in the 1740s, when the Mali Empire started to crumble around 1559. While there is little consensus among modern historians and ethnologists as to the origins or meaning of the ethno-linguistic term, references to the name Bambara can be found from the early 18th century. [10]
Mansong Diarra (c. 1790 –1808), also rendered Monzon Jara, [1] was the faama of the Bambara Empire. [2] Son of king Ngolo Diarra, he the throne of Ségou following his father's death in battle. [3] He earned renown as a great warrior, with defeats against several other groups, including Kaarta, Massina, Dogon, and Mossi. [1]
He defeated the Macina Empire and re-established firm control over Djenne and Timbuktu. [2] His reign is remembered in oral histories as a time of great economic prosperity. [1]: 324 Mungo Park, passing through the Bambara capital of Ségou two years after Diarra's 1795 death, recorded a testament to the Empire's prosperity under his reign:
Diarra is a French translation of the clan name Jara used in West Africa, as a hangover from the French colonial empire in that region. It originates from the Bambara language word jara, meaning lion, [1] synonymous with waraba. [2] The Kingdom of Diarra existed from the 7th Century until the 19th Century.
Coulibaly quickly subdued rival chiefs of Ségou through a vote a cloture of the chiefs, and used the city as a capital for his new Bambara Empire. Fortifying himself with defensive techniques from the Songhai tradition, Coulibaly created a large army and a navy of war canoes to patrol the Niger River , staffing both with men captured in his ...
Bambara Empire. Bitòn Coulibaly; Ngolo Diarra (1766–1795) Mansong Diarra (1795–1808) Massina Empire. Seku Amadu (1820–1845) Amadu II of Masina (1845–1852)
The city of Timbuktu would become a tributary state to Bitòn's Bambara Empire. [7] At this time Segou was capital of the Bambara Empire, [8] [9] and a distinct urban architecture began to emerge at Ségou Koro, including mosques. [7] After Bitòn's death in 1755 a period of instability followed, during which the capital of the Empire moved ...