From Takrur to Takarir: How One Kingdom Came to Represent All West African Muslims
History sometimes works in surprising ways. A kingdom may disappear, yet its name lives on for centuries. That is precisely...
History
Takrur: The Forgotten Kingdom That Introduced West Africa to the Muslim World
When people think of the great medieval kingdoms of West Africa, names like Ghana, Mali, and Songhay usually come to...
Abdoul Kader Kane: The Statesman Who Built the Almamyate
If Thierno Souleymane Baal was the visionary who ignited the moral and political transformation of Fouta-Toro, then Abdoul Kader Kane...
A Pioneer of African Language Revival: The Life and Work of Yero Dooro Jallo
Among the great figures who dedicated their lives to the revival and intellectual development of African languages, Yero Dooro Jallo...
Thierno Souleymane Ball: Architect of a Moral Revolution
In the first installment of our series on the Fouta-Toro Revolution (1776–2026), we explored the historical significance of a movement...
Commemorating 250 Years of the Fuuta-Tooro Revolution: A Legacy Reclaimed
On February 24, 2026, in Dakar, the Memorial Committee of the Fouta-Toro Revolution (Comref) officially launched a series of events...
Yarrow Mamout: The Story of a Muslim Fulani Enslaved in America.
Yarrow Mamout (circa 1736 – January 19, 1823) was a formerly enslaved African who became a successful entrepreneur and property...
“Tirailleurs” with the Fulani actor Omar Sy: A look back to the history of these Africans who died to liberate France
The movie “Tirailleurs" with Omar Sy and Alassane Diong was released Wednesday in France theaters. This historical drama by Mathieu...
Will the Sahara archeological findings reveal the Origins of the Fulani?
Explorers, colonials, and Africanists of all persuasions have spilled a lot of ink on the Fulani. Because of the physical...
“Fulbe gila Héli-e- Yooyo haa Fuuta-Tooro” by Aboubacry Moussa Lam, revisits the origins of the Fulani.
The Egyptologist historian, Professor Aboubacry Moussa Lam of the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, never tires of researching the...
Fulani Monarch Calls For Preservation Of Fulfulde Language From Going Into Extinction
Keeping the Pulaar/Fulfulde language alive is an ongoing effort by a grassroots movement that has begone in the late seventies...
Amina J. Mohammed: the Fulani herder’s daughter & UN Deputy Secretary
Amina Mohammed was born in Liverpool, UK, in 1961. She is the eldest of five daughters and now a mother...
