Alboury Ndiaye
Buurba of the Jolof (around 1847 – 1901)
Family : Place of birth : Tyal ; Date of birth : Around 1847 ; Mother : Seynabou Diop (princess of Cayor) ; Father : Biram Penda Ndiémé Ndiote (died 1851)
Education : At about nine he was sent to the court of the damel of Cayor, where he grew up beside his uncle Lat Dior.
Action : Crowned Buurba of the Jolof at Yang-Yang in 1875, he fought alongside Lat Dior against colonial expansion. In 1878 he won a victory over Bara’s troops; in 1881 he allied with Lat Dior and other rulers against French expansion; on 6 June 1886 he won at Guilé.
Trials : On 24 May 1890 an army led by Colonel Dodds attacked the Jolof; Alboury burned Yang-Yang in a scorched-earth policy. He took the road east, towards Kaarta, and reached Nioro at the end of 1890 to join Ahmadou Tall. From 1890 to 1897 he carried on the resistance, allied with Ahmadou Tall, in the western Sudan, Mali and Niger.
Legacy : He continued the struggle as far as Niger and fell in battle at Dosso in 1901, far from his homeland. The Alboury-Ndiaye stadium in Louga has borne his name since 1982.