Alboury Ndiaye — last Buurba of Djolof

~1890 · Linguère

Alboury Ndiaye bore the title of Buurba — supreme king — of Jolof, the old Wolof empire of central Senegal. Rather than accept French domination, he chose exile and continued to resist from other lands. He died in 1901, in battle, far from his country. His entire life was a refusal to surrender.

Sources

• Écoles au Sénégal — Alboury Ndiaye
• AfricaBib — « Albouri Ndiaye et la résistance à la conquête française du Sénégal »
• O. Ndiaye Leyti, Le Djoloff et ses bourba (NEA, 1981)
• Persée — J. Boulègue, Les anciens royaumes wolof : le Grand Jolof (compte rendu, 1990)

Kingdom fact sheet : L’empire du Djolof.

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