THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1360–1549

Jolof Empire

The Wolof confederation of Jolof, Waalo, Kajoor (Cayor), Bawol (Baol), Sine and Saloum under the Burba of Jolof, formed c. 1360.

Civil wars (1455–1489) weakened it; Koli Tenguella took Futa Toro from it in 1513 and Sine and Saloum broke away in 1520. Takrur, Bambuk and the Gambia chiefdoms paid tribute at its height. The founding date is traditional. Source: Wikipedia 'Jolof Empire'. Jolof after Sine and Saloum broke away (1520): Jolof, Waalo, Kajoor and Bawol, until Kajoor's victory at Danki (1549) broke up the confederation (it was effectively over by 1600). Source: Wikipedia 'Jolof Empire'.

See Jolof Empire on the map in 1360

On the map
1360–1549
Capital
Linguère (Warkhokh)

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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