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Cayor Kingdom

By Jessica

Location

  • Cayor(Kayor) was located in south central Senegal
  • Southeast of Walo(west kingdom of Jolof
  • North of Baol and the kingdom of Sine

Cayor

When

  • Cayor was founded in 1549
  • Damel Dence Fu Njogu became independent from Jolof Empire
  • Damel means king in Wolof
  • Battle of Danki

Founded

How

How it ended

  • 1865 the French annexed Cayor
  • To annex means to take over
  • The French governer at the time was Louis Faidherbe
  • 1871 Cayor re-established independence
  • 1879 France annexes Cayor again
  • Cayor ceased to be a sovereign state
  • Sovereign means monarch
  • Cayor was completly destroyed on October 6 1886

Major Events

Events

- Lat was an important hero

-Helped his friend Maba in the battle of Rip

-Lat and Maba conquered Baol and Jolof state

- October 27th 1886

-Lat Jor(Dior)(19th century king)

-Surprise attack to the French

-His 2 sons and 80 of his men and him died

-His death ended Cayor's independence

-Battle of Danki (1549)

-When first king of Cayor became independent

Maba Dhiakou Ba

Lat Jor(Dior)

Culture/Religion

  • The main religions were Islam and other African Traditional religions

Culture/Religion/Language/Currency

Language

Language

  • The languages spoken in Cayor were French and Wolof
  • Wolof is spoken in Senegal
  • Dakar-Wolof is an urban mixture of Wolof, French and Arabic
  • About 5.2 million people still speak Wolof

Currency

Currency

  • The currency used was gold dust or gold coins
  • It was known as cowries

Why did Lat Jor's suprise attack on the French end Cayor's independence?

Question

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