Wuli

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Old map of the region from the Andrees General Handatlas (1881)

Wuli (spelling variants: Wulli or Woolli and also Ouli , Uli ) was a small West African empire that was located on the territory of the present-day states of Gambia and Senegal .

history

Main town Medina, around 1825
Fattatenda around 1904
Today's Disktrik Wuli in the Upper River Region

In the south it bordered the Gambia River , where the Kantora Empire was on the other side . To the west, downstream of Wuli, was the kingdom of Niani (later: Upper Niani ) and to the east it reached further than the Barrakunda Falls . Today the name Wuli has been preserved for a district in the Upper River Region , an administrative unit in the administrative division of Gambia . Wuli emerged as a small state in the course of the expansion of the Mali Empire in the 13th century. Later in the 16th century it fell under the feudal rule of the Wolof ruler. The center of this state was the Jolof empire between the Gambia and Senegal rivers , which was founded in the 13th century and existed until the late 19th century. The inhabitants, who mainly belonged to the Mandinka people , were divided into Muslims ( Buschrir ) and animists ( Sanaki ); to the latter belongs the family of King Mansa .

The Portuguese had a trading post there as early as the 15th century and traded with Wuli. The British obtained permission from the King in 1829 to settle in Fattatenda. At the end of the 19th century, the hilly area was well forested, fertile and densely populated. The main products were peanuts , cotton , tobacco , vegetables. South of the ruins of the old capital Medina were the factories , as the trading posts are also called, Fattatenda and Yarbutenda of the French Compagnie Française d'Afrique Occidentale .

The Wuli District in the Upper River Region makes reference to this empire.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilona Hupe: Gambia. Small vacation paradise in West Africa. With trips to Senegal. The sophisticated companion for your trip to Gambia. Travel guide with current tips and information . 2nd updated edition. Horn Ilona Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-932084-19-5
  2. ↑ Rosel Jahn: Gambia. Travel guide with regional studies. With a travel atlas . Mai, Dreieich 1997, ISBN 3-87936-239-4
  3. ↑ Gambia Historical and Senegal Historical http://www.vdiest.nl/
  4. ↑ About The Gambia Momodou Camara
  5. ↑ Wulli . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 16, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 760.