Sokoto Caliphate
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The Sokoto Caliphate, also known as the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It was founded by Usman dan Fodio in 1804 during the Fulani jihads after defeating the Hausa K
A brother of Sultan Umaru bin Ali (1888) by Élisée Reclus
A Fulani from the Sokoto Caliphate
View of the outskirts of Sokoto (1890)
Fulani from Sokoto
Parfait-Louis Monteil
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Parfait-Louis Monteil was a French colonial military officer and explorer who made an epic journey in West Africa between 1890 and 1892, travelling east from Senegal to Lake Chad, and then north acros
French Fort of Bamako 1883
The conference of Berlin (1884–1885)
Colonial Saint Louis c. 1900. Europeans and Africans on the Rue Lebon.
Landscape between Dori and Yalgo