Origins & Early Life

Samori Ture (c. 1830 – June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, 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 Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso. A deeply religious Muslim of the Maliki school of religious jurisprudence of Sunni Islam, he organized his empire and justified its expansion with Islamic principles. Ture resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

He was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Samori Ture was born c. 1830 in Manyambaladugu, the son of Kemo Lanfia Ture, a Dyula weaver and merchant, and Sokhona Camara. The family moved to Sanankoro soon after his birth. Ture grew up as West Africa was being transformed through growing contacts and trade with the Europeans in commodities, artisan goods and products.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

European trade made some African trading states rich. The trade in firearms changed traditional West African patterns of warfare and heightened the severity of conflicts...

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