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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...
- Kirina: c. 1235
Predecessor Naré
Maghann Konaté and
Dankaran Touman both as
Faamas (Kings in
Mandinka language – pre-Imperial Mali. As a
Mansa (King of Kings)...
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Babemba was the
fifth and
final Faama of the Kénédougou Kingdom,
ruling from the 1893
death of his
brother Tieba Traoré
until the
capture of Sik****o by...
- free of Soninké influence,
splintered into
twelve kingdoms with
their own
faama. In
approximately 1140 the
Sosso kingdom of Kaniaga,
another former v****al...
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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...
- Naré
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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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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denote the
kings of
Upper Egypt and
Lower Egypt in the Nile
river valley.
Faama,
title of the
rulers of the pre-imperial Mali,
meaning "king". Mansa, title...
