GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

  He was born in 1830 to the Sonike family in Semankoro village found in Mandike Empire. His full name was Samouri Ibn Rasfa. He joined Tijjaniyah Suffs order after being influenced by Al Hajji Umar. Initially Toure was a trader by 1853, he changed from being a trader to a warrior when he joined the state army in order to rescue his mother who had been captured by the since raiding party in 1853. Samoure Toure soon became a skilled solider and he quickly rose one merit to be a commander. At that point, he began to dream of building an empire out of the small Mandika chief in the region of upper Niger. In 1857, he break way a unity of soldiers and became an independent warrior from 1857 to 1867. However, Toure began his conquests in 1866 when he conquered and defeated many chief doms of Mandika Empire and he made Bisandungu as the capital of his empire. He extended his authority over states like Konta, Toro, Kankan and by 1873, he had taken the Muslim like Al Imama meaning the leade...

  Various factors led to the defeat of African communities by the British during the establishment of colonial rule in Kenya as follows: The communities were not united. While some like the Nandi resisted, Others like the Wanga collaborated with British rule. They had inferior weapons which were no much for British fire-arms. African soldiers had little knowledge of the British military tactics. They had been weakened by catastrophes such as famine, Rinderpest outbreak and civil strife in the 1890s. Their leaders lacked organizational skills to mobilize the people against the British. The British used treachery when dealing with some communities e.g. the Nandi. The British destroyed the economic base of the communities, thus making them weak. The warriors got demoralized when many of their colleagues and leaders were captured and killed. The Kenya-Uganda railway facilitated faster movement of British troops RELATED POSTS 9 CONDITIONS FAVOURING IRRIGATION FARMING IN EGYPT 5 CAUSES O...