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Faama is a
Mandinka word
meaning "father," "leader," or "king". It was
commonly used
within the area of pre-imperial Mali. The
title spread into areas...
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translated as "chief".
Mansa contrasts with
another Manding word for ruler,
faama.
Faama emphasizes the military,
coercive authority of a ruler, and can be translated...
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overthrowing the
traditional political order.: 412 He
became the
first Faama of Ségou,
making it the
capital of a new
Bamana Empire.
Fortifying the capital...
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financially stable and
continue trade, and by 1878
Toure had
declared himself Faama (Emperor), with
Bissandugu as his capital. He took up the
Islamic title...
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Kalabi Keita.
Damul Kalabi Keita's son was
Lahilatoul Keita and the
first faama of the city of Niani. It is
through Lahilatoul that the
Keita clan becomes...
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helped route Kourouma, who was
captured and beheaded.
Samory was now
Faama of all the land
between the Milo, the Sankarani, and Dion rivers.: 34 After...
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Ngolo Diarra was
faama of the
Bambara Empire from 1766 to 1790. As a
young man his village, Niola, gave
Ngolo to the
state as
disongo annual tribute and...
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hamza may be used as in
Arabic to
indicate glottal stops more precisely.
Faama: "father," "leader," or "king"
Mansa (title): "sultan", "king" or "emperor"...
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Maghann Konaté was a 12th-century
faama (king) of the
Mandinka people, in what is
today Mali. He was the
father of
Sundiata Keita,
founder of the...
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splintered into
twelve kingdoms with
their own
faama. In
approximately 1140 the
Sosso kingdom of Kaniaga,
another former v****al...
