Keme Bourema Touré

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Keme Bourema Touré († 1888 ), a younger (half) brother of Samory Touré , was a general in his army. He distinguished himself in various battles, the victory in the first battle at Woyowoyanko (other spelling: Wèyãnko ) (April 2, 1882) was thanks to him. Keme Bourema was killed in the siege of Sikasso in 1888.

Numerous songs by the Griots sing of his deeds.

literature

  • O'Toole, Thomas; Baker, Janice E .: Historical dictionary of Guinea, Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2005, p. 198.
  • Iffono, Aly Gilbert: Lexique historique de la Guinée-Conakry, l'Harmattan, Paris, 1992, pp. 98/99.
  • Person, Yves: Samori. Une révolution dyula. Mémoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN) Dakar 1968, 1970, 1975 (three volumes)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Première bataille du Wèyãnko, in: Person 1968, online at http://www.webmande.net/bibliotheque/yperson/011Apogee.html#affrntmt
personal data
SURNAME Touré, Keme Bourema
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Touré, Kemebourema
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General Samory Touré's army
DATE OF BIRTH after 1830
DATE OF DEATH 1888