Mö Mboj Maalik Mboj (var : Mö Mbody Maalik[1]) was the last King of Waalo, a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now northern Senegal.[1]: 41 He succeeded to the throne as Brak (king of Waalo) in 1840 and ruled until Waalo was conquered by the French in 1855.[2][3]
Mboj was a member of the reigning paternal dynasty of Waalo on his father's side. On his maternal line, he was a part of the Loggar matriclan.[1]: 265 The Loggars (of Moorish/Maure origin[1]: 73 ) were one of the three reigning maternal dynasties of Waalo, the other two being Joos[4] (of Serer origin[1]: 73 via Lingeer Ndoye Demba, founded in the 14th century) and Tedyek[5] (of Fula origin[1]: 73 ). During Mbodj's rein, Waalo was relatively weak, caught between the Trarza Emirate and the French based in Saint-Louis. Lingeer Ndaté Yalla Mbodj was a major power in the kingdom as well. In 1855 the French, after years of encroaching on the country, invaded and conquered Waalo, overthrowing the royal family.[1]: 280
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g (in French) Barry, Boubacar, "Le royaume du Waalo": le Sénégal avant la conquête, Karthala, 1985, ISBN 2865371417
- ^ (in French) Wade, Amadou, "Chronique du Walo Sénégalais (1186-1855)", B. Cissé trans., V. Monteil, editor, Bulletin de l'IFAN, série B, vol. 26, nos 3/4 (1941, 1964)
- ^ (in English) Ajayi, J. F. Ade, "Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s", Volume 6, Editors : J. F. Ade Ajayi, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, University of California Press ( 1989), p 639, ISBN 0520039173
- ^ Many variations, including : Dyoos, see Barry and Lingeer Ndoye Demba
- ^ Many variations, including : Teedyekk, see Barry
Bibliography
edit- Barry, Boubacar, "Le royaume du Waalo": le Sénégal avant la conquête, Karthala, 1985, pp 41, 265, 276, ISBN 2865371417 (in French) [1] (Retrieved : 8 July 2012)
- Wade, Amadou, "Chronique du Walo Sénégalais (1186-1855)", B. Cissé trans., V. Monteil, editor, Bulletin de l'IFAN, série B, vol. 26, nos 3/4 (1941, 1964)
- Ajayi, J. F. Ade, "Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s", Volume 6, Editors : J. F. Ade Ajayi, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, University of California Press ( 1989), p 639, ISBN 0520039173