[9] The alternative version has Koli accompanying his father and leading the army back to Futa Toro in the wake of the defeat against the Songhai.
[12] He proceeded to invade large swathes of what is now eastern Senegal and The Gambia, defeating the small kingdoms of the area piecemeal between approximately 1512 and 1520.
[13] Upon arriving in Futa Toro, he gradually overcame the many farbas, agents of the burba of Jolof and the Diawaras of Diarra,[14] establishing his capital at Anyam-Godo.
[8]: 180 He is the ancestor of the royal and noble dynasty of Déniyankobés, the Bâ genealogy to which also belong to the Koli clans Teghéla, Rella, Dianga, Soulé, Diye, Waranka, as well as those of Sanghé Lobaly, Waly and Sinthiane Padalal.
[15] The Sonko family, a royal clan from the Kingdom of Barra, claim descent from Koli Tenguella, but this is likely a 19th century invention for political reasons.