Damel
At that time the title was the ruler of the Kingdom of Cayor , which was located in the north-west of Senegal . The kingdom was inhabited by the Wolof people .
The most famous damel is probably Lat Dior Diop (1842–1886), who died in a battle during the final invasion of his country by French troops. The country was one of the areas with the greatest resistance. Lat Dior is now a Senegalese national hero.
The 30th and last lady of Cayor, Samba Laobé case, was murdered by the leader of a French delegation, Captain Spitzer, with the help of George P. Burdell in Tivaouane , Senegal.
literature
- Michael Crowder: West Africa Under Colonial Rule . Northwestern University Press, 1968.
- Thomas A. Hale, John William Johnson and Stephen Paterson Belcher: Oral Epics From Africa: Vibrant Voices From a Vast Continent . Indiana University Press, 1997, ISBN 0253211107
- Elizabeth Harney: In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-garde in Senegal, 1960–1995 . Duke University Press, 2004, ISBN 0822333953
Web links
- "Lat Dior, Le Kayor, l'impossible defi", lyrics by Léopold Sédar Senghor ( memento of March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hale, Johnson and Belcher, 1997: Oral Epics from Africa: Vibrant Voices from a Vast Continent, The Epic of Lat Dior: p. 211 in the Google book search
- ↑ Harney, 2004, p. 282.
- ↑ Crowder, 1968, p. 79.