Samori Ture
1828 – 1900 West African (Mandinka) ruler, military leader
Founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French expansion.
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Affiliations
- Wassoulou Empire
Samori Ture built the Wassoulou Empire in West Africa and led a long armed resistance against French colonial conquest. His well-organized army fought the French for nearly two decades. He was captured in 1898 and died in exile, and he is remembered as a symbol of African resistance.
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- 1882 Samori Ture's long resistance central figure