Thierno Souleymane Ball
Guide of the 1776 Torodo revolution
Family : Place of birth : Bodé (Futa Toro) ; Date of birth : Between 1705 and 1720, depending on the source ; Mother : Maïmouna Oumou Dieng ; Father : Boubacar Ibrahim
Education : After his first Qur’anic studies at Bodé, he studied Islamic law and exegesis at Pire, in Cayor, then went to Futa Jallon, at Labé, where he learned the science of the secrets of letters with the master Mody Alfa Sellou. He continued his learning in Mauritania and Boundou.
Action : At the head of twelve scholars, including Abdoul Kader Kane, he freed the Fouta in 1776 from the Deniyanke dynasty, from the tribute paid to the Moors and from the slave trade.
Spiritual legacy : He was called back to God in 1776. Abdoul Kader Kane became the first Almaami of the Fouta (until 1807): the ruler was no longer a Satigi but an Almaami chosen for his competence and integrity.
Sources
- Persée — compte-rendu de « Contributions à l'histoire du Sénégal » (dir. Jean Boulègue), sur la révolution torodo de 1776 par Oumar Kane (Outre-Mers, 1990)
- Cairn — O. Kane, La première hégémonie peule, ch. XV « La révolution toorodo et l’œuvre de Ceerno Sileymaan Baal »
- Cairn — O. Kane, La première hégémonie peule, ch. XVI « Almaami Abdul Qadiri Kan »
- Cairn — O. Kane, La première hégémonie peule, ch. XII « La crise politique de 1702 à 1776 »
- Wikipédia — Souleymane Bal
- Le Quotidien — « Révolution torodo : Thierno Sileymani Baal, héros méconnu »
- Wikipédia — Souleymane Baal