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The Jolof Empire (Arabic: امبراطورية جولوف), also known as Great Jolof, [1] or the Wolof Empire, was a Wolof state that ruled parts of West Africa situated in modern-day Senegal, Mali, Gambia and Mauritania from around the 12th century [2] [3] [4] to 1549.
The Kingdom of Jolof (Arabic: جولوف), also known as Wolof and Wollof, was a West African rump state located in what is today the nation of Senegal.For nearly two hundred years, the Wolof rulers of the Jolof Empire collected tribute from vassal kings' states who voluntarily agreed to the confederacy. [1]
Ndiaye ruled wisely for 16 years over Waalo when his half brother, Barka Bo or Mbodj, who had heard of his success, came to join him. Ndiaye rejected his relation as a son of a slave, and so left for Jolof. His fame preceded him, and so he was welcomed there, founding the Jolof Empire when the rulers of the region voluntarily submitted to him.
Defeated and killed at the battle of Danki in 1549. Afterwards, the Jolof Empire collapsed and became a kingdom. Jolof Kingdom (1549 – 1900) al-Buri Penda c. 1549 c. 1566 - Lat-Samba c. 1566 c. 1597 - Gireun Buri Dyelen c. 1597 c. 1605 - Birayma Penda c. 1605 c. 1649 - Birayma Mba c. 1649 c. 1670 - Bakar Penda c. 1670 c. 1711 - Bakan-Tam Gan
Birayma N'dyeme Eler, also spelled Biram Njeme Eler (ruled c.1465–c.1481) was the seventh ruler, or Burba, of the Jolof Empire. [1] He was a member of the Jonaï maternal lineage, which originated in Baol .
According to legend, Maysa Wali elected the legendary Ndiadiane Ndiaye (Serer proper: Njaajaan Njaay) in c. 1360 as first Emperor of the Jolof Empire. He was the first king of modern Senegal to voluntarily gave his allegiance to Ndiadiane Ndiaye and asked others to do so, thereby making Sine a vassal of the Jolof Empire. [43]
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Jolof (French: Djolof or Diolof) may refer to either of Jolof Empire , a West African successor state to the Mali Empire in modern Senegal from the 14th to 16th centuries Kingdom of Jolof , a rump survival of the earlier empire from the 16th to the 19th centuries