Balobo
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Balobo, or Ba Lobbo, was the son of Massina Empire
ruler Amadu Seku
, and brother of Amadu Amadu
, the Empire's last king.
After the 1862 fall of the Empire's capital Hamdullahi
to El Hadj Umar Tall
's Toucouleur Empire
, Amadu Amadu was captured and executed, leaving Balobo the leader of remaining Massina forces. Assembling a force of Fula
s and Kounta
s, Balobo succeeded in driving Umar Tall from Hamdullahi and into the cliffs of Dogon
country near Bandiagara in 1864. Though Umar Tall died there in an explosion of his gunpowder
reserves, his nephew Tidiani Tall
succeeded him as Toucouleur emperor, and suppressed Balobo's resistance; the Massina never regained their independence as a state.
Massina Empire
The Massina Empire was an early nineteenth-century Fulbe Jihad state centered in the Macina and Inner Niger Delta area of what is now the Mopti and Ségou Regions of Mali...
ruler Amadu Seku
Amadu Seku
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, and brother of Amadu Amadu
Amadu Amadu
Amadu Amadu was the last ruler of the Fula Massina Empire in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali...
, the Empire's last king.
After the 1862 fall of the Empire's capital Hamdullahi
Hamdullahi
Hamdullahi was a nineteenth-century imamate in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali...
to El Hadj Umar Tall
Umar Tall
El Hadj Umar ibn Sa'id Tall , , born in what is now actual Senegal was a West African political leader, Islamic scholar, and Toucouleur military commander who founded a brief empire encompassing much of what is now Guinea, Senegal, and Mali.-Name:Umar Tall's name is spelled variously: in...
's Toucouleur Empire
Toucouleur Empire
The Toucouleur Empire was founded in the nineteenth century by El Hadj Umar Tall of the Toucouleur people, in part of present-day Mali....
, Amadu Amadu was captured and executed, leaving Balobo the leader of remaining Massina forces. Assembling a force of Fula
Fula people
Fula people or Fulani or Fulbe are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa...
s and Kounta
Kunta family
The Kunta family is among the best-known examples of a lineage of Islamic scholarship with widespread influence throughout Mauritania, Senegambia, and other parts of the Western Sudan....
s, Balobo succeeded in driving Umar Tall from Hamdullahi and into the cliffs of Dogon
Dogon people
The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, south of the Niger bend near the city of Bandiagara in the Mopti region. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000 The Dogon are best known for their religious traditions, their mask dances, wooden sculpture and...
country near Bandiagara in 1864. Though Umar Tall died there in an explosion of his gunpowder
Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also known since in the late 19th century as black powder, was the first chemical explosive and the only one known until the mid 1800s. It is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate - with the sulfur and charcoal acting as fuels, while the saltpeter works as an oxidizer...
reserves, his nephew Tidiani Tall
Tidiani Tall
Tidiani Tall succeeded his uncle, El Hadj Umar Tall, as head of the Toucouleur Empire following Umar's 1864 death near Bandiagara....
succeeded him as Toucouleur emperor, and suppressed Balobo's resistance; the Massina never regained their independence as a state.