XVIᵉ siècle – XVIIIᵉ siècle
Futa Toro and western Sahel
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The Deniyanke dynasty was a ruling house founded in Futa Toro by Koli, the eldest son of Tengella, after Tengella’s defeat and death in 1512. It established a new kingdom whose power expanded at the expense of neighbouring Berber nomads and Djolof. The dynasty is described as ruling for more than two and a half centuries and later extending authority across parts of the western Sahel.
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The Deniyanke dynasty emerged from the political aftermath of Tengella’s defeat in 1512. Koli, Tengella’s eldest son, did not participate in the fighting; after learning of his father’s death, he hurried to lead the defeated army. He withdrew to Futa Toro, rebuilt his forces, and established a kingdom of his own.
The new state expanded at the expense of its neighbours, including Berber nomads to the north and Djolof to the south. Around 1534, Koli attacked Bambuk, then under Mali’s rule, in an attempt to control its goldfields. He was defeated, perhaps because Portuguese forces intervened at the request of Mali’s ruler, but his successors continued the expansionist policy.
After the collapse of the Songhay Empire in 1591, Deniyanke successors spread their authority for a time across the western Sahel. An anonymous Spanish text from about 1600 described an ‘Empire of the Grand Foul’ extending from the Sahel to Futa Djallon and over the Upper Senegal, including the commercial centre of Diakha-sur-Bafing. By the end of the sixteenth century, Fulbe forces had also controlled the Bambuk goldfields for a time.
XVIᵉ siècle – XVIIIᵉ siècle
Futa Toro and western Sahel
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Deniyanke dynasty was a ruling house founded in Futa Toro by Koli, the eldest son of Tengella, after Tengella’s defeat and death in 1512. It established a new kingdom whose power expanded at the expense of neighbouring Berber nomads and Djolof. The dynasty is described as ruling for more than two and a half centuries and later extending authority across parts of the western Sahel.
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Le récit
The Deniyanke dynasty emerged from the political aftermath of Tengella’s defeat in 1512. Koli, Tengella’s eldest son, did not participate in the fighting; after learning of his father’s death, he hurried to lead the defeated army. He withdrew to Futa Toro, rebuilt his forces, and established a kingdom of his own.
The new state expanded at the expense of its neighbours, including Berber nomads to the north and Djolof to the south. Around 1534, Koli attacked Bambuk, then under Mali’s rule, in an attempt to control its goldfields. He was defeated, perhaps because Portuguese forces intervened at the request of Mali’s ruler, but his successors continued the expansionist policy.
After the collapse of the Songhay Empire in 1591, Deniyanke successors spread their authority for a time across the western Sahel. An anonymous Spanish text from about 1600 described an ‘Empire of the Grand Foul’ extending from the Sahel to Futa Djallon and over the Upper Senegal, including the commercial centre of Diakha-sur-Bafing. By the end of the sixteenth century, Fulbe forces had also controlled the Bambuk goldfields for a time.
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