Ngolo Diarra was the king of the
Bambara Empire
The Bamana Empire (also Bambara Empire or Ségou Empire, bm, italics=no, ߓߊ߲ߓߊߙߊ߲߫ ߝߊ߯ߡߟߊ, Banbaran Fāmala) was a large West African state based at Ségou, now in Mali. This state was established after the fall of the Mali Emp ...
from 1766 to 1795.
Following the 1755 death of empire founder
Bitòn Coulibaly
Bitòn Coulibaly (1689?–1755), also known as Mamary Coulibaly, founded the Bambara Empire in what is now Mali's Ségou Region and Mopti Region.
Biography
Great-grandson of former Ségou king Kaladian Coulibaly, Mamary Coulibaly settl ...
, his descendants (the Bitonsi) proved unable to maintain control, the kingdom fell briefly into chaos. Ngolo Diarra, a freed
slave
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
, seized the throne in 1766 and soon restored order.
Mungo Park, passing through the Bambara capital of
Ségou
Ségou (; bm, ߛߋߓߎ, italic=no, ) is a town and an urban commune in south-central Mali that lies northeast of Bamako on the right bank of the River Niger. The town is the capital of the Ségou Cercle and the Ségou Region. With 130,690 i ...
two years after Diarra's 1795 death, recorded a testament to the Empire's prosperity under his reign:
:"The view of this extensive city, the numerous canoes on the river, the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding countryside, formed altogether a prospect of civilization and magnificence that I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa."
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Ngolo Diarra died in a campaign against the
Mossi and was succeeded by his son
Mansong Diarra
Mansong Diarra (–1808), also rendered Monzon Jara, was ruler of the Bambara Empire from 1795 to 1808.
Son of king Ngolo Diarra, Monzon or Mansong assumed the throne of Ségou following his father's death. He earned renown as a great warrior, w ...
. His descendants, the Ngolosi, continued to rule the Empire until its fall to
Toucouleur conqueror El Hadj
Umar Tall
Hadji Oumarûl Foutiyou Tall (Umar ibn Sa'id al-Futi Tal, ar, حاج عمر بن سعيد طعل), ( – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present day Senegal, was a West African political leader, Islamic scholar, Tijani Sufi and Toucouleur ...
in 1861.
French
football
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player
N'Golo Kante Ngolo, N'Golo, or NGolo may refer to:
Geography
* N'Goloblasso, town in Ivory Coast
* N'Golobougou, commune in Mali
* N'Golodiana, commune in Mali
* N'golofesso, village in Burkina Faso
* N'Golonianasso, commune in Mali
* Ngolo River, river ...
is named after him.
References
*
Davidson, Basil. ''Africa in History''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
External links
Timeline of Western Sudan
Notes
# Qtd. in Davidson 245.
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History of Mali
Bamana Empire
18th-century monarchs in Africa