Waalo (Wolof: Waalo) was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa, in what is now Senegal and Mauritania. It included parts of the valley proper...
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between the Kingdom of Waalo and the French at Saint-Louis, Senegal, accumulating power and influence. He attempted to secede from Waalo in 1724 and burned...
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Senegal River and began an aquatic life. He made his way downstream to Waalo. At this time, the area was divided into villages ruled by separate Lamanes...
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Senegal River, to Waalo, where his ability to make good judgements led to the people appointing him their leader. After ruling the Waalo for 16 years, he...
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with the Waalo Kingdom, directly to the south of the river. In return for an end to raids in Waalo territory, the emir took the heiress of Waalo as a bride...
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times, the Petit Brak was tributary to Waalo, at other times allied with Bethio. In the 1720s, the Brak of Waalo was Erim M'Bagnick and Béquio Malicouri...
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possibly mythical chief of the Wolof Ndiadiane Ndiaye, who was a Serer of Waalo (Ndiaye is originally a Serer surname which is also found among the Wolof)...
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Senegal. Cayor was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom of Jolof, and north of Baol and the Kingdom of Sine...
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Yalla Mbooj (c. 1810 — 1860 or 1814—1856), was the last Lingeer (Queen) of Waalo, a Jolof kingdom located in what is now northwest Senegal. During her reign...
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walo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Walo may refer to: Walo (rodent) Waalo, an empire of Senegal and Mauritania between the 13th and 19th centuries...
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Tekrur and Waalo and the Empire of Jolof (Diolof). Notably, the settlement of N'Der, the third and final capital of the former Kingdom of Waalo, was located...
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king of Waalo from the Mbooj patrilineage, who ruled in the second half of the 14th century, around 1367. Brak was the title of the kings of Waalo. Lingeer...
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was defeated and captured when he attacked the Wolof states of Cayor and Waalo around 1797. After his release the jihad impetus had been lost. By the time...
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Dynasty of Waalo. She is usually regarded by some sources as the founder of the Joos Maternal Dynasty. The pre-colonial Kingdoms of Sine and Waalo now lies...
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1825, Muhammad attempted to establish control over the French-protected Waalo Kingdom, then located south of the Senegal River, by marrying the heiress...
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was defeated and captured when he attacked the Wolof states of Cayor and Waalo around 1797. After his release the jihad impetus had been lost. By the time...
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an agreement with the Waalo Kingdom, directly to the south of the river. In return for his promise of an end to raids in Waalo territory, the Emir took...
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Waalo. The matriarch or founder of this maternal dynasty was Lingeer Fatim Beye, a princess and queen originally from the Kingdom of Sine. In Waalo,...
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village in Syria Brak (title) (or Braque), former title for the kings of Waalo, part of present-day Senegal Syd Brak, South African illustrator Brack (disambiguation)...
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Lac de Guiers, in northern Senegal. It was the third and last capital of Waalo until the annexion of the kingdom by France in 1855. N'Der is located on...
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out of the region and joined serigne Koki Ndiaga Issa Diop's invasion of Waalo. When this failed he returned to Futa Toro and founded the village of Ouro-Madiou...
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the Jolof Empire, the Kaabu Empire, the Kingdoms of Sine, Saloum, Baol, Waalo and Takrur. During this period, several great dynasties rose and fell, and...
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List of conflicts in Senegal (section Kingdom of Waalo)
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...
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circling the well desk in the living area while saying, "Mere Pyaare Ghar Waalo, Mujhe Maaf Kardo" (Translation: "My dear housemates, please forgive me")...
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Brak (or Braque) was the title of the kings of the kingdoms of Waalo (or Oualo) and Biffeche on the Senegal River in Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa...
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trade had created a profound crisis. The rulers of the Denianke kingdom, Waalo, Jolof and Cayor were all complicit in the ongoing manhunts and economic...
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end of Jolof hegemony over Cayor, Baol, Saloum, Sine, Wuli, Niani, and Waalo. The Lamane of Cayor Dece Fu Njogu Fall had failed to send tribute to the...
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more powerful, having united Cayor and the kingdoms of Baol, Siné, Saloum, Waalo, Futa Tooro and Bambouk, or much of present-day West Africa. The empire...
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(1367) – matriarchs of the Joos matriclan which also became a dynasty in Waalo (Senegal). Some matriclans or maternal clans form part of Serer medieval...
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A Wolof Waalo in war costume in the mid 19th century...
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