This post on Samori Touré has been an all-time favorite post on Afrolegends.com . I am reblogging it here, because on this 10-year anniversary of the African Heritage Blog, it has been the most viewed and loved article. As you know, Samori Touré, grandfather to the African president Sekou Touré (another resistant to French imperialism – Guinea: the country who dared say ‘NO’ to France), was a leader and ruled over a vast empire which spanned big areas of West Africa from Guinea all the way to modern-day Côte d’Ivoire. He was a strong fighter to France imperialism in Africa, and opposed a great resistance to the French several times. This is to one of Africa’s great kings, warriors, and resistant.
One of the great kings, and fighters of African freedom was the great Samori Touré. Over 100 years ago, Samori Touré was captured by the French and deported to Gabon where he died of pneumonia.
But who was Samori Touré?
Well, Samori Touré was born in 1830 in Manyambaladugu (some texts mentionSanankoro instead), a village southeast of Kankan in present-day Guinea. Samori was a great warrior who fought imperialism in the 19th century such as many leaders today. He refused to submit to French colonization and thus chose the path of confrontation using warfare and diplomacy.
Until the age of 20, Samori was a trader. After his mother was captured in a slave raid by the king Sori Birama, he offered to serve in his army and excelled by his military prowess and skills.
Samori Touré had a vision of unity for the Malinké people, and…
A great man. Thank you! We did not learn this in school. I shared it on Facebook.
From your article i also understood that the real reason for stopping the international slave trade was the European colonial powers need for exploitable (wo)manpower in “their” colonies.
Please publish more African history!
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Thanks for the reminder of that post. What a good way to start your decade long retrospective.
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A great man. Thank you! We did not learn this in school. I shared it on Facebook.
From your article i also understood that the real reason for stopping the international slave trade was the European colonial powers need for exploitable (wo)manpower in “their” colonies.
Please publish more African history!
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Thank you Angelika… I will publish more African history.
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