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Samori Ture
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Samori Ture, also known as Samory Toure, Samory Toure, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Malinke Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of an empire that stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali, northern Cote d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso.
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Birth YearWikipedia's infobox gives his birth as circa 1830, year only. Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Samori Ture (Wikipedia)
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was a Malinke Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of an empire
1. Samori Ture (Wikipedia)
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c. 1830
1. Samori Ture (Wikipedia)
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June 2, 1900
Wassoulou Empire / Samorian State (Wikipedia)
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by 1878 Toure had declared himself Faama (Emperor), with Bissandugu as his capital
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