Jolof Kingdoms

E354273

Wolof state historical polity successor state

The Jolof Kingdoms were a group of successor Wolof states in what is now Senegal that emerged after the decline of the Jolof (Wolof) Empire and played a major role in regional politics and Atlantic trade.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jolof	5
Jolof (kingdom)	1
Jolof Kingdoms canonical	1
Jolof royal dynasty	1
Kingdom of Jolof	1
Wolof Kingdom of Jolof	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wolof state ⓘ historical polity ⓘ successor state ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
capitalType	shifting capitals ⓘ
conflictedWith	Moorish raiders ⓘ neighboring Fulani polities ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ gum arabic trade ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ
emergedAfter	decline of Jolof Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Wolof people ⓘ
followed	Wolof Empire ⓘ surface form: Jolof Empire Wolof Empire ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Baol ⓘ Cayor ⓘ Jolof Kingdoms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jolof (kingdom) Saloum ⓘ Sine ⓘ Walo ⓘ
influencedBy	Islamic scholarship from the Sahel ⓘ
interactedWith	French colonial traders ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ other Senegambian states ⓘ
legacy	formation of modern Senegalese ethnic and political structures ⓘ persistence of Wolof language dominance in Senegal ⓘ
locatedIn	Senegal ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
participatedIn	Atlantic trade ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic world ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Atlantic commerce ⓘ regional politics of Senegambia ⓘ
region	Senegambia ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ
rulingClass	Wolof aristocracy ⓘ
socialStructure	hierarchical caste system ⓘ
timePeriod	early modern period ⓘ late medieval period ⓘ
titleOfRuler	Brak ⓘ
usedLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Wolof language ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolof Empire → followedBy → Jolof Kingdoms ⓘ

West Africans → hasHistoricalState → Jolof Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wolof Kingdom of Jolof

Futa Tooro → influencedRegions → Jolof Kingdoms ⓘ