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Cayor
The Cayor Kingdom (; ) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. The Cayor Kingdom 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. Etymology Cayor (also spelled Kayor, Kadior, Cadior, Kadjoor, Nkadyur, Kadyoor, Encalhor, among others) comes from the Wolof language, Wolof Endonym and exonym, endonym for the inhabitants "Waadyor" meaning "people of the ''joor''", a fertile soil found in northern Cayor. This distinguishes the people of Cayor from their neighbors, who to the present day refer to themselves by doubling the name of their native region (e.g. Waalo-Waalo, Saloum-Saloum). History There are no written sources for the early history of Cayor, and even oral traditions are sparse. The legend of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, the first ''Buurba Jolof'', claims that the ruler of Cayor voluntarily submitted to him, but this i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amary Ngone Sobel Fall
Amary Ngoné Sobel Fall – (or Amari Ngoneh Sobel Faal, or ''Amari Ngóone Sobel'' in Wolof) was the second Damel of the independent Kingdom of Cayor in modern-day Senegal. He was responsible for breaking Cayor's vassalage under the Jolof Empire at the battle of Danki in 1549, and reigned until 1593. Amary Ngoné was the son of Lamane Dece Fu Njogu Fall and Ngoné Sobel Ndiaye, daughter of the Serer Lingeer Sobel Diouf. When Dece Fu fell ill, he failed to send the necessary tribute to their overlord, the ''Buurba'' of the Jolof Empire, for several years. In 1549 Amary volunteered to go, leading an army recruited with the help of his maternal uncle Niokhor Ndiaye, Teigne (title) of Baol. To camouflage his movements Amary Ngoné marched the army east to lake Danki, on the southern edge of Jolof, rather than directly to the imperial capital of Ouarkhokh. He left the bulk of his forces there, heading to Ouarkhokh with only a small group. They buried javelins along the way. When the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Danki
The Battle of Danki was a conflict fought in 1549 between the Jolof Empire and Cayor, a rebellious vassal. The decisive Aajor victory and the death of the reigning ''Buurba'' of the empire signaled the 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 ''Buurba'' for several years. In 1549 his son Amary volunteered to go, leading an army recruited with the help of his maternal uncle Niokhor Ndiaye, Teigne (title) of Baol Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal. Founded in the 11th century, it was a vassal of the Jolof Empire before becoming independent in the mid-16th century. The ruler bore the title of Teigne (title), Teigne (or Teeň) and re .... To camouflage his movements Amary Ngoné marched the army east to lake Danki, 15km south of Taif on the southern edge of Jolof territory, rather than directly to the imperial capital of Ouarkhokh. He left th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Baol
Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal. Founded in the 11th century, it was a vassal of the Jolof Empire before becoming independent in the mid-16th century. The ruler bore the title of Teigne (or Teeň) and reigned from the capital in Lambaye. The kingdom encompassed a strip of land extending east from the ocean and included the towns of Touba, Diourbel, and Mbacke. It was directly south of the Kingdom of Cayor and north of the Kingdom of Sine. History There are no written sources for the early history of Baol, and even oral traditions are sparse. The earliest recorded Teigne of Baol was named Kayamangha Diatta and was a member of the Soninke Wagadu matrilineage, reflecting influence emanating from the Ghana Empire.Institut Fondamental de l'Afrique Noire. Musée Historique de Gorée Exhibit (August 2024). Serer people moved into the region in the 11th or 12th century, fleeing Islamization in the Senegal river valley. Wolof groups gradually arrived later. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lat Sukaabe Fall
Lat Sukaabe Ngone Jey Fall, sometimes spelled Lat Sukabe or Lat Soucabe (or Lat Sukabe Ngoneh Jaye Faal), was Damel-Teigne of the pre-colonial kingdoms of Cayor and Baol in what is now Senegal in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Background Lat Sukaabe was born a younger son of the Teigne of Baol, Thié Yasin Demba Noudj Fall, and Ngoné Dièye of the Gej or Guedj matrilineal clan. Keur Thie Yasin was a minor branch of the Fall dynasty that had dominated Cayor since Amary Ngone Fall had won the kingdom's independence from the Jolof Empire at the Battle of Danki in 1550. Beginning in the 1670s the Tubenan movement, a multi-national uprising of Muslim marabouts, had severely destabilized the traditionalist kingdoms of present-day Senegal ruled by the ''ceddo'' kings and their slave warriors. Cayor in particular had seen a series of civil conflicts and assassinations, as well as the armed intervention of the '' Bour Saloum'', that had weakened the aristocracy. Rule Upon Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baol
Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal. Founded in the 11th century, it was a vassal of the Jolof Empire before becoming independent in the mid-16th century. The ruler bore the title of Teigne (title), Teigne (or Teeň) and reigned from the capital in Lambaye. The kingdom encompassed a strip of land extending east from the ocean and included the towns of Touba, Senegal, Touba, Diourbel, and Mbacke. It was directly south of the Kingdom of Cayor and north of the Kingdom of Sine. History There are no written sources for the early history of Baol, and even oral traditions are sparse. The earliest recorded Teigne of Baol was named Kayamangha Diatta and was a member of the Soninke people, Soninke Wagadu matrilineage, reflecting influence emanating from the Ghana Empire.Institut Fondamental de l'Afrique Noire. Musée Historique de Gorée Exhibit (August 2024). Serer people moved into the region in the 11th or 12th century, fleeing Islamization in the Senegal river v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Jolof
The Kingdom of Jolof (), also known as Wolof and Wollof, was a West African rump state located in what is today the nation of Senegal. For nearly two hundred years, the Wolof rulers of the Jolof Empire collected tribute from vassal kings' states who voluntarily agreed to the confederacy.Mwakikagile, Godfrey ''Ethnic Diversity and Integration in the Gambia'' At the 1549 Battle of Danki, however, the Buurba Jolof was defeated by the lord of Kayor, resulting in the rapid disintegration of the empire. Jolof survived as a rump state, unable to access the Atlantic trade between its former vassal territories and the Portuguese. History The last Buurba of a united Jolof Empire, Leele Fuli Fak, was killed at Danki in 1549. His sons were children, and so their uncle Alboury became regent. He refused to yield power when they came of age, however, leading to a civil war where Giran Buri Jeleen defeated and killed him. With Jolof weakened, the Deniankes of Futa Toro made Jolof and Waalo t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damel
Damel was the title of the ruler (or king) of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor in what is now northwest Senegal, West Africa. The most well-known ''damel'' is probably Lat Dior Diop (1842–1886) who was killed by the French after decades of resisting their encroachment on Wolof territory. Lat Dior is a Senegalese national hero. The 30th and last Damel of Cayor, Samba Laobé Fall, was killed by the leader of a French delegation, Captain Spitzer, at Tivaouane, Senegal. Role Among the social classes of Cayor, the Damel stood on the top of the hierarchy. The Damel were traditionally seen as great magicians and it was through female relatives that royal blood was transmitted. Every descendant of a Damel in the maternal line became a ''garmi'' or noble. History The Damel began as the Great Lamane of Cayor, traditionally elected by the other Lamanes from the Fall family of Palene Ded, who claimed descend from Ousmane Boune Afal, a companion of Mohammed, by means of Wagadou. Lat Jor was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waalo
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 and areas north and south, extending to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north were Moorish emirates; to the south was the kingdom of Cayor; to the east was Jolof. History Origins Oral histories claim that, before becoming a kingdom, the area of Waalo was ruled by a patchwork of Lamanes, a Serer title meaning the original owner of the land. Etymological evidence suggests that the area was ruled by the Jaa'ogo dynasty of Takrur. This aligns with early Arabic written sources which describe an island town known as Awlil (Waalo) near the mouth of the Senegal river, in a region called Senghana. Founding The exact founding date of Waalo is debated by historians, but is associated with the rule of the first king, the semi-legendary Ndiadiane Ndiaye, in the 13th or 14th century.Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum (Sénégal)", in Bulletin de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dece Fu Njogu
Dece Fu Njogu (; ) was the last Lamane and first Damel of Cayor. At the time Cayor was a vassal of the Jolof Empire, and for a period of several years Dece Fu had failed to pay tribute. In 1549 he sent his son Amary Ngone Sobel Fall with a large retinue to do so, but the ''Buurba'' (emperor) refused to accept the payment. Amary left for Cayor, declaring that his homeland would no longer be subject to a ruler who would not deign to even accept their gifts. The Jolof army pursued them but were defeated at the Battle of Danki The Battle of Danki was a conflict fought in 1549 between the Jolof Empire and Cayor, a rebellious vassal. The decisive Aajor victory and the death of the reigning ''Buurba'' of the empire signaled the end of Jolof hegemony over Cayor, Baol, Sa .... When Dece Fu Njogu heard the news he proclaimed himself Damel, or 'breaker', and ordered that every bull in the area be brought together for a feast to celebrate Cayor's independence. When they were assembled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teigne
Teigne (Serer language, Serer:Teeñ, alternate spellings include Teñ, Teen, Teign, Tègne, Tin, or Tinou) was the title of the monarchs of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Baol, now part of present-day Senegal. Etymology and Origin The title "Teigne" was Serer people, Serer in origin. Senegalese linquist, author, and professor of linguistic at the Cheikh Anta Diop University, Professor Souleymane Faye (linguist), Souleymane Faye notes that, the Serer term "foɗeen", which means "milk from the mother's breast", contains the root (linguistics), radical "ɗeen", an altered form of "teen" which means "the breast".Souleymane Faye (linguist), Faye, Souleymane, "Morphologie du nom sérère: système nominal et alternance consonantique." (Issue 10 of Langues nationales au Sénégal). Université de Dakar, Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (1985), p, 22 This refers to the mother and the matrilineage. The Wolof folk etymology that Teigne mean "support placed on the head" or any articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
