State in the Senegambia region of West Africa (1537-1867)
Kaabu Empire
Kaabu
1537–1867
Kaabu Empire circa 1625 (in purple)
Capital
Kansala
Common languages
Mandinka
Religion
Traditional African Religion
Government
Monarchy
Kaabu Mansaba
• 13th century
Sama Koli (first)
• 1867
Janke Waali (last)
History
• Kaabu Tinkuru Founded
1230s
• Independence from the Mali Empire
1537
• Battle of Kansala
1867
Currency
iron bars, cloth
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mali Empire
Imamate of Futa Jallon
Fuladu
Portuguese Guinea
Kaabu (1537–1867), also written Gabu, Ngabou, and N'Gabu, was a federation of Mandinka kingdoms in the Senegambia region centered within modern northeastern Guinea-Bissau, large parts of today's Gambia, and extending into Koussanar, Koumpentoum, and the Casamance in Senegal.
It rose to prominence as an imperial military province of the Mali Empire. After the decline of the Mali Empire, Kaabu became independent. Kansala, the imperial capital, was captured by Fula forces from the Futa Jallon during the 19th century Fula jihads. However, Kaabu's successor states across Senegambia continued to thrive even after the fall of Kansala; this lasted until total incorporation of the remaining kingdoms into the British, Portuguese and French spheres of influence during the Scramble for Africa.
Kaabu (1537–1867), also written Gabu, Ngabou, and N'Gabu, was a federation of Mandinka kingdoms in the Senegambia region centered within modern northeastern...
King Kikikor, then renamed the country Kaabu before his death in 1265. He was the founder and Mansa of Kaabu. Their oral tradition also says that they...
the Mandinka controlled the region. They had established the kingdom of Kaabu as a vassal of the Mali Empire in the fifteenth century. Nomadic pastoralists...
siege of the capital of the Kaabu federation by the Imamate of Futa Jallon, allied with rebellious Fula people from Kaabu itself. The battle, which saw...
of Kaabu severed ties with the Mali Empire to form his own state. This left Mali in control of little more than its own Mandinka heartland. The Kaabu Empire...
Daouda (2021). "La Question des Origines et de l'Emergence de l'Etat de Kaabu". In Fall, Mamadou; Fall, Rokhaya; Mane, Mamadou (eds.). Bipolarisation...
the Mandinka kingdom of Kaabu in support of a revolut by Alpha Molo [fr]. At the decisive Battle of Kansala in 1867 Kaabu's capital was destroyed and...
the Arabs were our neighbours there... All the Mandinka came from Mali to Kaabu. —Mandinka de Bijini, Transl: Toby Green The oral traditions in Guinea-Bissau...
the imperial nucleus. The lands of Bambougou, Jalo (Fouta Djallon), and Kaabu were added into Mali by Fakoli Koroma (known as Nkrumah in Ghana, Kurumah...
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the opportunity to Rafi to sing a duet with G. M. Durrani, "Aji dil ho kaabu mein to dildar ki aisi taisi...," for Gaon Ki Gori, which became Rafi's...
Jallon, Imamate of Futa Toro, Kingdom of Koya, Kingdom of Khasso, Kingdom of Kaabu, Fante Confederacy, Ashanti Confederacy, and the kingdom of Dahomey. These...
reign also sees the military outpost and province of Kaabu become independent in 1537.[3] The Kaabu Empire appears every bit as ambitions as Mali was in...
Jallon, Imamate of Futa Toro, Kingdom of Koya, Kingdom of Khasso, Kingdom of Kaabu, Fante Confederacy, Ashanti Confederacy, and the kingdom of Dahomey. These...
or in later historiography, of the name of the river and the kingdom of Kaabu). While merchants of various European countries traded on the Gambia river...
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African polity in operation before the major European colonial interlude. Kaabu Empire (1537–1867), a Mandinka Kingdom of Senegambia (centered on modern...
Nyanco) were a royal maternal dynasty that ruled the West African empire of Kaabu. The Nyancho's legendary origins begin with a Mandinka woman named Balaba...
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brutal at the practice of enslaving, such as Bono State, Oyo, Benin, Igala, Kaabu, Ashanti, Dahomey, the Aro Confederacy and the Imbangala war bands. In letters...
preferred crossing place for caravans plying the trade routes that linked Kaabu, the Futa Jallon, the states of Senegambia, the gold fields of Bambouk and...
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