Essay Archive - The Senegal Tribe
The Senegal Tribe
Many students of African history wonder why the native people of Africa
did not rise up in violent rebellion against their Imperialist conquerers. What
many do not know though, is that some tribes did. One of these tribes was the
nation that we now know as Senegal.
In the 1800's, there was no Senegal but there was a nation that became
Senegal much later. The tribe was ruled by Samori Toure when the Europeans
started coming. Samori Toure signed an agreement with the French in an effort to
keep the land they had owned for centuries. Unfortunately, the French broke the
agreement and ....
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