Wassoulou region

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geographical region historic region

The Wassoulou region is a historic area of West Africa, spanning parts of present-day Guinea, Mali, and Côte d’Ivoire, known for its resistance to colonial rule under Samori Touré and its rich Mande cultural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Wassoulou region canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
borderCrosses modern national boundaries ⓘ
colonialPowerOpposed British colonial interests ⓘ
French colonial empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
culturalPractice Mande epic poetry ⓘ
griot oral tradition ⓘ
traditional hunting societies ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Upper Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Mande peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalConcept Mande warrior ethos ⓘ
Wassoulou hunting traditions ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bambara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dyula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fulani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malinké NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage Mande cultural heritage ⓘ
hasLegacy symbol of anti-colonial resistance ⓘ
historicalFigureAssociated Samori Touré NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
historicalStatus center of Samori Touré’s state-building ⓘ
influenced Guinean popular music ⓘ
Ivorian popular music ⓘ
modern Malian popular music ⓘ
knownFor Samori Touré’s resistance movement ⓘ
resistance to colonial rule ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicInstrument balafon ⓘ
kora NERFINISHED ⓘ
ngoni ⓘ
musicTradition Wassoulou music NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Mande cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samori Touré’s Wassoulou Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Upper Niger River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrain savanna ⓘ
wooded grassland ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Bambara ⓘ
Maninka NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalLanguageFamily Mande languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalReligion Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenous African religions ⓘ

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

Upper Guinea → historicalAssociation → Wassoulou region ⓘ
Kankan (historically) → wasPartOf → Wassoulou region ⓘ
subject surface form: Kankan