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Mussa Moloh
Mussa Moloh (mid to late 1800s-1931), also written as Musa or Moussa Molo was the last king of Fuladu in the Senegambia region. A ruthless and powerful ruler, he played different colonial powers off of each other for decades before being defeated by the French in 1903 and exiled to The Gambia. Musa Molo was the last precolonial leader to exert real territorial control in the region. Fuladu Fuladu was founded by Musa Molo's father Alfa Molo in the aftermath of the 1867 Battle of Kansala. Alpha Molo had led a Fula rebellion against the Mandinka rulers of Kaabu that had dominated the region between the Gambia river and what is now Guinea-Bissau for centuries. Fuladu was diverse, containing the Fulbe as well as their former overlords the Mandinka and other ethnicities. There existed tensions between the different groups and the Firdu Fulbe, Alpha Molo's core base of support, who settled mostly in Tumana and Jimara, two of Kaabu's former constituent kingdoms in the Gambia river valley. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Molo
Alfa Yaya Molo Balde was the founder of Fuladu, a kingdom in the Casamance region of modern-day Senegal. Rise to Power Molo Egue was born in Souloubali as a slave of a noble Fula people, Fula named Samba Egue. The Toucouleur people, Toucouleur marabout El-Hajj Omar Tall supposedly visited him in 1847, inspiring him to launch a Fula rebellion against the Mandinka people, Mandinka rulers of Kaabu that had dominated the region between the Gambia river and what is now Guinea-Bissau for centuries. He attacked a nearby Mandinka village with a few followers, but was repulsed. Over time, however, his band of raiders found increasing success, which attracted recruits and allowed Alfa Molo to build a Tata (fortification), tata in the village of Ndorna. Faced with a Kaabunke counterattack, he called for help from the Imamate of Futa Jallon. Alfa Molo's alliance with Futa Jallon plunged Kaabu into an existential war, culminating in the 1867 Battle of Kansala. With his victory, he establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |