Battles of Woyowoyanko
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The Battles of Woyowoyanko were two military engagements fought near the Woyowoyanko river in April 1883, during the wars between France and the Wassulu Empire of Samori Ture in West Africa.
Bamako at the turn of the 20th century.
Statue of a Wassulu warrior on the location of the battlefield.
Samorian State
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The Samorian State was a short-lived West African state that existed from roughly 1860 until 1898, although dates vary from source to source. It spanned from what is now southwestern Mali and upper Gu
Battles of Woyowoyanko
…The Battles of Woyowoyanko were two military engagements fought near the Woyowoyanko river in April 1883, during the wars between France and the Wassulu Empire of Samori Ture in West Africa. The first hostilities between France and Samori Ture began in early 1882, after Samori's forces laid siege to the village…
Samory Touré
Ruins of Samori Ture's residence at Bondoukou