of Takrūr that thrived on the lower Senegal River in the eleventh century. The place was well-known to Arab geographers, and an inhabitant of Takrūr or
Mali's troubles. In 1559, the kingdom of Fouta Tooro succeeds in taking Takrur.[6] This defeat reduces Mali to Manden proper with control extending only
Kayes downstream to Bakel. Galam was a vassal of the empire of Jolof and Takrur kingdoms. The Bacili dynasty established a successor state to the Ghana
towns of the Arab world. In 1416, al-Maqrizi told how pilgrims coming from Takrur (near the Senegal River) had brought 1,700 slaves with them to Mecca. In
tribute to Jolof but Sylviane Diouf states that "Each vassal kingdom—Walo, Takrur, Kayor, Baol, Sine, Salum, Wuli, and Niani—recognized the hegemony of Jolof
centres along the serpentine bends of the great river eventually followed: Takrur (Mauritania, Senegal); Songhay (Mali); Kanem-Bornu (Chad); and Hausa territories
to Complexity in Africa, 2005 Archaeological Ethics, 2006 The Search for Takrur: Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal
ethnic groups. Some kingdoms were created around the seventh century: [Takrur] in the ninth century, Namandiru and the Jolof Empire during the 13th and
Lamṭa» ; étape sur un itinéraire transsaharien joignant Siğilmāsa a Silla, Takrūr ou Gāna, Azūki, ou Kukdam en «langue gināwiyya des Sudan», abrite une population
despite numerous challenges. It is during his reign that Fula raids on Takrur began. There was also a palace conspiracy to overthrow him hatched by the
series) Lines from the perspective and the aphorisms about the country of Takrur, a journey in Mali and a talk about its glorious past and its new present