Jolof
Jolof was an empire in West Africa on the territory of what is now Senegal .
description
The kingdom of Jolof, also written as Dyolof or Wolof, was founded by the Wolof ethnic group who still live in the region today. The capital was Linguère , about 245 kilometers northeast of today's Senegalese capital Dakar . Little is known about the early period today except that it traded directly with the Empire of Mali or was a vassal state of Mali.
The Jolof Empire peaked in the early 16th century when it traded profitably with the Portuguese . In 1549 the western province of Cayor (also Kajoor, Kaylor or Caylor) declared itself an independent empire and in 1555 Bawol also split off. In 1890 Jolof was conquered by France and incorporated into the colony of Senegal.
Historical key points
- 1200 : Jolof founded as a small kingdom
- 1350 : Jolof begins to dominate his neighboring states, for example Waalo
- 1500 : height of the empire
- 1549 : Jolof is weakened by attacks by Arab groups from the Sahel region; Cayor splits off, followed by Bawol
- 1875–1890: The empire of Ahmadu Shaykhu was incorporated
- 1895 : under French rule
- 1900 : Reich dissolved
Ruler of Jolof (called Buur-ba Jolof )
| 1350-1370 | N'Dyadya N'Dyaye |
| 1370-1390 | Sare N'Dyaye |
| 1390-1420 | N'Diklam Sare |
| 1420-1440 | Tyukuli N'Diklam |
| 1440-1450 | Leeyti Tyukuli |
| 1450-1465 | N'Dyelen Mbey Leeyti |
| 1465-1481 | Burayma N'dyeme Eter |
| 1481-1488 | Tase daagules |
| 1488-1492 | Burayma Kuran Kan |
| 1492-1527 | Bukaar Biye Sungule |
| 1527-1543 | Burayma Dyeme-Kumba |
| 1543-1549 | Leele Fuli Fak |
| 1549-1566 | al-Buri Penda |
| 1566-1597 | Lat samba |
| 1597-1605 | Gireun Buri Dyelen |
| 1605-1649 | Burayma Penda |
| 1649-1670 | Birayma Mba |
| 1670-1711 | Bakar Penda |
| 1711-1721 | Bakan-Tam Gan |
| 1721-1740 | al-Buri Dyakher |
| 1740-1748 | Birayamb |
| 1748-1750 | Birawa Keme |
| 1750-1755 | Lat-Kodu |
| 1755-1763 | Bakaa-Tam Buri-Nyabu |
| 1763-1800 | Mba compass |
| 1800-1818 | Mba Buri-Nyabu |
| 1818-1838 | Birayamb Kumba-Gey |
| 1838-1845 | al-Buri Tam |
| 1845-1847 | Baka Kodu |
| 1847-1849 | Birayamb Aram |
| 1849 | Burayan penda |
| 1849 | Mbanyi Paate |
| 1849 | Lat-Koddu |
| Throne not occupied | |
| 1850-1855 | Birayamb Ma-Dyigen |
| 1855-1856 | al-Buri Peya |
| 1856-1858 | Bakan-Tam Yaago |
| 1858-1863 | Taanor |
| 1863-1871 | Bakan-Tam Khaari |
| 1871-1875 | Amadu Seeku |
| 1875-1890 | 'Ali Buri N'Dyaye |
literature
- James LA Webb: Desert Frontier. Ecological and Economic Change Along the Western Sahel, 1600-1850. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 1995.
