Bissandugu
Sign in to saveBissandugu () is a city in southwestern Guinea on National Road 1. In the 19th century, it was the base for Samori Ture, a Dyula warlord who named the city in 1878 as the capital of his Wassoulou Empire (1878-1890). He was known for his resistance to French colonial forces and prevailed for years against them and smaller African states. thumb|The mass grave of the French Armed Forces|French soldiers killed during the [[Battle of Bissandou, commonly known as Tubabu Falan (the cave of the white)]]
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Guinea
- Located in
- Kankan Prefecture
- Population
- 1000
- Capital of
- Samorian state
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Bissandugu () is a city in southwestern Guinea on National Road 1. In the 19th century, it was the base for Samori Ture, a Dyula warlord who named the city in 1878 as the capital of his Wassoulou Empire (1878-1890). He was known for his resistance to French colonial forces and prevailed for years against them and smaller African states. thumb|The mass grave of the French Armed Forces|French soldiers killed during the [[Battle of Bissandou, commonly known as Tubabu Falan (the cave of the white)]]
==History== The Treaty of Bissandugu was signed there on the 25 March 1887. The treaty had France obtain major rights of navigation on the Niger River, an important prelude to the French conquests of West Africa. The treaty also delimited the Wassoulou Empire's borders with France and made the Wassoulou Empire a French protectorate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bissandugu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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