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The Bamana Empire by the Niger - Kingdom, Jihad and Colonization 1712-1920 (Hardcover)
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The Bamana Empire by the Niger - Kingdom, Jihad and Colonization 1712-1920 (Hardcover)
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The powerful Bamana State emerged in 1712 and centered around the
Middle Niger, where most inhabitants were Bamanas with their own
language and religion. It was a sophisticated society with nobles,
casted groups, and slaves. The Bamanas built an empire based on a
strong professional army. The author provides a colorful picture of
this state, which for centuries was a solid commercial, military,
and agricultural society formed by ideologies other than imported
religions. This book is also the story of conquests and efforts by
two alien powers to assert hegemony over the Bamana of Segu: the
first was an African Jihad, led by al Hajj Umar Tal (1861) in the
name of religious reform, and the second was European (1890), for
the cause of French imperial expansion. The objects were similar:
to dominate the rich agricultural lands and commercial routes in
the Middle Niger.
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