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Enslavement of Samory Toure, 1898

Samory Toure (c. 1828 - May 27 1886), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Toure, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Muslim cleric, a military strategist, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day north and south-eastern Guinea. Ture resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898. Samori Toure was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Sekou Toure.

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Enslavement of Samory Toure, 1898

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Samory Toure (c. 1828 - May 27 1886), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Toure, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Muslim cleric, a military strategist, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day north and south-eastern Guinea. Ture resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898. Samori Toure was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Sekou Toure.

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Keywords:

1828-MAY 27 1886) • 1882 • 1898 • AHMED SEKOU TOURE • ALMAMY SAMORE LAFIYA TOURE • CAPTURE • FOUNDER • FRENCH COLONIAL RULE • GREAT-GRANDFATHER • GUINEA'S FIRST PRESIDENT • ISLAMIC EMPIRE • LEADER • MILITARY STRATEGIST • MUSLIM CLERIC • PRESENT-DAY NORTH GUINEA • RESISTED • SAMORI TOURE • SAMORY TOURE (C • SAMORY TOURE • SOUTH-EASTERN GUINEA • WASSOULOU EMPIRE • WEST AFRICA