Manding region
Manding, Manden or even Mandé is a region located in West Africa, a space between southern Mali[1] and eastern Guinea.
Among the many groups linked to or originating from Manding, there are the Bambara, the Dyula, the Khassonke, the Konianké, the Mahou, Koyaka, the Dafing, the Bobo-Dioula and the Kuranko.
Karité, butter tree, néré, baobab, tamarinier, cheese are the main species of the Sudanese domain.
Mande, one of the first states of West Africa, according to the Mandinka tradition, is a country whose origins date back to the time of Sundiata Keïta (13th century).
The Camara (or Kamara) are considered to be the oldest family to have lived in Manden, after having left, due to the drought, Ouallata, a region of Wagadou, in the south-east of present-day Mauritania.
The Mandé primitive was made up of twelve provinces and it seems to have been a confederation of the main Malinke tribes: Konaté, Condé, Traoré and Doumbia (also called Kourouma).
It was Mamadi Kani who invented the Sïmbon or whistle of hunter, he entered in communication with the geniuses of the forest and the bush; these had no secrets for him, he was loved by Kondolon Ni Sané.
[5] At Manding reign Moussa Balla Djigui Doumbia Karatabougou dit Allakoi; grandson of Hamama.
[5] Faramanko keignou (the beautiful in Malinke), nickname of Naré Maghan Kon Fatta, will receive the clanic name of Konaté which means: to whom no one will say no.
During this period the king of Sosso, Soumaoro Kanté, ravaged what remained of the empire of Ghana and plundered the Mande.
Following the escape of Dankaran Toumani, the Malinkés remembered the prophecy and went in search of Soundiata who lived in Mema and became a great hunter.
Fakoli Doumbia or Kourouma, nephew of Soumaoro Kanté joined the Mandingues coalition following the theft of his wife by the latter.
After that Soundiata unifies and divides the provinces of Mandé between the confederate clans: the Keita, the Konaté, the Camara and the Condé will remain the exclusive owners of Manding.
According to tradition the king of the serene, Bassy Couloubaly Fall (others speak of Ndiadiane N'diaye), called Djolofin Mansa, stole the gold intended for the purchase of horses to the messengers of Soundiata.
After his triumphant return to the Manding Tiramakhan received as reward all the lands of the Faleme to the sea, it allowed him to found the kingdom of Kaabu.
In the same period, one of the generals of Soundiata, Moussa-Son-Koroma Sissoko, believing that Mansa Oulé did not make sufficient use of his services, settled in Koundian and founded the kingdom of Bambouk, vassal of Mali.
During this period the Songhai empire gained power and its king Sonni Ma Daou attacked Mali and ravaged its capital.
The founder of their kingdom, established in the central delta of Niger, is Kaladian Coulibaly whose son, Danfassari, created the capital of Segou Koro near present-day Segou7.
It then appears that, by playing with the Arabic translation, the treaty agreed to by Ahmadou falls far short of French requirements.
[6] The French of Commander Combes must withdraw after the battle at Niagassola, in the north-west of the Mandingo country, to the troops of Samory.
