Mandinka military empire of Samori Touré, the last major West African resistance to France.
The Wassoulou Empire of Samori Touré ended on 29 September 1898 when French forces captured Samori himself near Guélému (present-day Côte d'Ivoire); he was exiled to Gabon where he died on 2 June 1900, and the empire was absorbed into French West Africa.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Wassoulou Empire (Samori Touré) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1878 · 1894.
Covers Samori Toure's Wassoulou empire as the last great resistance to the French conquest.
The Scramble during which France ground down Samori's state (broad regional context).