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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    as 'Baol-Baol', a common formulation in Senegal (e.g. Saloum-Saloum, Waalo-Waalo, etc.) Rulers marked (DT) reigned as Damel-Teigne over both Baol and...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Panama Kingdom of Wala, a pre-colonial polity in the north of modern Ghana Waalo, an empire in West Africa between the 13th and 19th Centuries Wala of Corbie...
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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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  • 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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    each of the Futa Toro geographical provinces were fertile pockets of the waalo flood plains, and this resource was controlled by kin groups. The long stretch...
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    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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  • 1969) Kingdom of Baol (1555–1895) Kingdom of Cayor (1549–1879) Kingdom of Waalo (1287–1855) Bundu (1690–1858) Kaabu (1537–1867) Solimana (1600s-1869) Imamate...
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    A Wolof Waalo in war costume in the mid 19th century...
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  • Waalo, a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now northern Senegal.: 41  He succeeded to the throne as Brak (king of Waalo) in 1840 and ruled until Waalo was...
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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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  • 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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