THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1550–1879

Cayor

The largest Wolof kingdom to break from Jolof (battle of Danki, 1549), between Waalo, Jolof and Baol, including Cap-Vert. Baol was joined to it from 1697 to 1756.

The French began to annex it in 1879; Lat Dior fought on until 1886. Sources: Wikipedia 'Cayor'; Wikipedia 'Jolof Empire'.

See Cayor on the map in 1550

On the map
1550–1879
Capital
Mboul

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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