Samory I

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
historical figure
gptkbp:alliedWith various West African states
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1830
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Samory_Touré
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Manyambaladugu,_Guinea
gptkbp:brokeTreatyWith French colonial authorities
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Gabon
gptkbp:capturedBy French colonial forces
September 29, 1898
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:pneumonia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Keme_Brema
gptkb:Balla_Touré
gptkb:Seydou_Touré
gptkbp:commemoratedBy West African history
Guinean history
gptkbp:deathDate June 2, 1900
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Gabon
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Dyula
gptkbp:exiledTo gptkb:Gabon
gptkbp:exileEndDate 1900
gptkbp:exileStartDate 1898
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Wassoulou_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Samory I
gptkbp:knownFor founding the Wassoulou Empire
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
gptkb:Dyula
gptkbp:legacy resistance to French colonialism
gptkbp:nationality Guinean
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Samaya
gptkb:Battle_of_Woyowayanko
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
founder
gptkbp:opposedBy French colonial forces
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Diarra_Kante
gptkb:Sira_Mori
gptkbp:predecessor Empire founded by Samory I
gptkbp:reign 1878–1898
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:resistantTo British colonial expansion
French colonial expansion
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:Wassoulou_Empire
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sira_Mori
gptkbp:successor French colonial rule
gptkbp:tactics guerrilla warfare
scorched earth policy
gptkbp:title gptkb:Emperor_of_the_Wassoulou_Empire
Almami
gptkbp:treaty French colonial authorities
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Evidence_Music
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7