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Tata Of Sikasso
The tata of Sikasso, known locally as ''tarakoko'', was Tata (fortification), a series of ramparts initially constructed in Sikasso under the reign of Tieba Traoré, Tiéba Traoré (king of Kénédougou Kingdom, Kénédougou), from 1877 to 1897, to resist the raids of Samori Ture, Samory Touré. It was later enlarged by his brother and successor Babemba Traoré. Description At its apogee, the tata consisted of : * An exterior fortress of , thick at the base and at the top, with its height varying between ; * a middle fortress with smaller and thinner walls, intended to separate the neighborhoods for merchants, soldiers and nobles; * an innermost enclosure encircling the Dionfoutou, the part of the city inhabited by the king and his family. The walls, which were made of dry (unmortared) stone, gravel, and mud-brick, encircled an area of 41ha. The remains of the fortress are today visible in the layout of the city of Sikasso in different neighborhoods including: Mancourani, Mé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata (fortification)
A tata or tata somba is a historic type of fortification used throughout West Africa. The word is applied to the wall itself as well as the elite living spaces within it for the ruler of the tata and his court. It can also designate the defenses around a major city or other military center.Oumar Ba, "Le royaume du Kabou : enquêtes lexicales", ''Éthiopiques'' , October 1981 The term 'tata' derives from the Mandinka language but has used across a wide area, roughly corresponding to the former Mali Empire, since at least the 16th century. Tata are often made of wood and rammed earth or mudbrick, but sometimes of stone as well. They usually have round or square towers, sometimes thatched, with arrow or gun slits. Tata ruins, such as that of Maba Diakhou Bâ near Nioro du Rip in Senegal, generally date from the 19th century, though some are older. The construction materials used make them vulnerable to erosion and degradation if not maintained regularly. The Koutammakou, tata of no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikasso
Sikasso ( Bambara: ߛߌߞߊߛߏ tr. Sikaso) is a city in the south of Mali and the capital of the Sikasso Cercle and the Sikasso Region. It is Mali's second largest city with 225,753 residents in the 2009 census. History Sikasso was a small village until 1870, when Tieba Traoré, whose mother came from Sikasso, became ''Faama'' of the Kénédougou Kingdom and moved the capital there. He established his palace on the sacred Mamelon hill (now home to a water tower) and constructed a massive tata to defend against the attacks of both the Malinke conqueror Samori Ture and the French colonial army. This made Sikasso the largest fortified city ever built in west Africa. Sikasso withstood a 15-month siege by Ture from 1887 to 1888 before the French, allies of Kenedougou against Ture, relieved the city. Despite this, the French contrived a diplomatic crisis to attack in 1898. They began a major artillery barrage against the tata on April 15th 1898, and the city fell on May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tieba Traoré
Tieba Traoré was the fourth king of the Kénédougou Kingdom, reigning from 1877 until his death in 1893. Mansa Douala had five sons, of whom Tieba was the youngest. As a prince he was captured after the battle of Bleni against the Bobo people, Bobo and Dyula people, Dyula, who held him for ransom. When Douala died, Tieba managed to have himself proclaimed king over his elder brothers after a pair of military victories near Djitamana and Tiere.Binger, Louis-Gustave. ''Du Niger au golfe de Guinée'', Hachette, 1892 Traoré founded a new royal capital of Sikasso, building a palace on the city's Mamelon of Sikasso, Mamelon hill. He also constructed the celebrated Tata of Sikasso. Kenedougou's conflict with the expanding Wassoulou Empire of Samori Ture began in 1884 when Tieba sent his brother Siaka to reinforce the frontier between the two kingdoms at the Bagoe River. The region soon became a depopulated battleground. He generally maintained an alliance with the French against Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kénédougou Kingdom
The Kénédougou Kingdom, ( Cebaara Senufo: ''Fǎngi Kenedugu''), (c. 1650–1898) was a pre-colonial West African state established in the southeastern portion of present-day Mali, as well as parts of northern Côte d'Ivoire and western Burkina Faso. Early History Kénédougou, meaning 'country of the plain', was first established in the 17th century by the Dioula Traore clan. The new kingdom, mostly inhabited by the Senufo people, was conveniently located to dominate the exchange of desert and forest goods. However, the Senoufo traditionalist practices put them at odds with the Muslims to their north. Kenedougou adopted some Mandé practices such as the royal title of faama. Legendary Origins of the Traoré dynasty According to legend, the Traoré family originated in Gbotola near Kankan in what is now Guinea. A local seer predicted that, were they to sacrifice their aunt and go east, they would establish a powerful dynasty. They refused to kill their relative for ambition, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samori Ture
Samori Ture ( – June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Mandinka people, Malinke and a Soninke people, Soninke Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali, northern Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso. A deeply religious Muslim of the Maliki school of fiqh, religious jurisprudence of Sunni Islam, he organized his empire and justified its expansion with Islamic principles. Ture resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898. He was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Early life and career Samori Ture was born in Manyambaladugu, the son of Kemo Lanfia Ture, a Dyula people, Dyula weaver and merchant, and Sokhona Camara. The family moved to Sanankoro soon after his birth. Ture grew up as West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babemba Traoré
Babemba was the fifth and final '' Faama'' of the Kénédougou Kingdom, ruling from the 1893 death of his brother Tieba Traoré until the capture of Sikasso by the French in 1898. He is today remembered as a hero of anti-colonial resistance in Mali. Reign As he assumed the throne, Babemba faced both an expanding Wassoulou Empire under Samori Ture and an aggressive French colonial army that was in the process of conquering what remained of the Toucouleur Empire. He chose to maintain the relatively close relationship that his brother had established with the French, and expanded Kenedougou territory into modern-day Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. By 1898 the French had succeeded in conquering much of Samori Ture's empire and turned their attention to Sikasso. The colonel Audeoud, temporary French commander of French Sudan, was seeking a new military victory to enhance his reputation. He sent a commission to Sikasso to establish a French garrison there, a humiliatian that Babemba ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bougoula Town
Bougoula may refer to: *Bougoula, Koulikoro Bougoula is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune contains 11 villages. and at the time of the 2009 census had a population of 10,780. The village of Bougoula is 50 km ..., Mali * Bougoula, Sikasso, Mali {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamelon Of Sikasso
The mamelon of Sikasso is a mamelon high, and in circumference, located in the heart of Sikasso, Mali. It was built in the 1880s by the king of Kénédougou, Tiéba Traoré, for the kings to have their seat there. At its summit, there is a replica of a fortified multistory structure which served as a place of work and as a traditional court, which was destroyed when Sikasso was conquered by the French colonizers. History The site had traditionally been considered very important to local people. It was believed to be home to spirits, and has long been used as a gathering place, where court was held, guests were received and leaders observed the surrounding territory from the height. Scholars have noted how the hill was used as a symbol of power by the Traoré dynasty, French colonists and more recently the Malian government. On May 1, 1898, it was on the summit of the Mamelon that the French flag was flown for the first time in Sikasso. It is located between the Town Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
