Failed Islamic States in Senegambia
David Robinson
Drawings
Gum Harvesting in the Senegal Valley
Date: 1802Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
A selection from the French traveler J.B.L. Durand at the beginning of the 19th century. Here we see two slaves, working for Moorish masters, doing the very hard work of picking the gum from the acacia trees that were found in the Senegal River valley. This engraving contains the following caption, "Les Maures occupés à ramasser la Gomme dans une Forêt de Gommiers."
J.B.L Durand Image Gallery
Date: 1802Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
This is a series of images drawn from the pages of J.B.L Durand's 1802 book, Un Voyage au Senegal. The image 'Representative types of Senegal Society' contains the following caption, "1..Négresse esclave. 2..Signare de l'Isle St. Louis. 3..Marabou ou Prêtre du Pays. 4..Négre armé en guerre. 5..Négresse esclave portant son enfant." The image 'Gum Harvesting in the Senegal Valley' contains the following caption, "Les Maures occupés à ramasser la Gomme dans une Forêt de Gommiers." The image 'Slave Raiding' contains the following caption, "Les Maures poursuivant les Nègres pour les faires Esclaves." The image 'Portrayal of Battle of Samba Sadio' contains the following caption, "Colonies Françaises - Le Sénégal. - Combat de Boumdou. - Le marabout Amadou Sekou est battu par la colonne expéditionnaire commandée par le lieutenant-colonel Bégin." The image 'Memorial for Victims of Samba Sadio' contains the following caption, "Religious Service in St. Louis for the Victims of the Battle against Anadu Madiyu, 1875".
Representative types of Senegal society
Date: 1802Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
An engraving found in the voyage of the French traveler Durand who visited Senegal at the beginning of the 19th century. This engraving contains the following caption, "1..Négresse esclave. 2..Signare de l'Isle St. Louis. 3..Marabou ou Prêtre du Pays. 4..Négre armé en guerre. 5..Négresse esclave portant son enfant."
Slave Raiding
Date: 1802Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Another engraving from the French traveler Durand at the beginning of the 19th century. Moors and other slave-raiders used violent means - including the horses, swords and arson showed here - to secure a slave labor force to do things like harvesting the gum of the last image. This engraving contains the following caption, "Les Maures poursuivant les Nègres pour les faires Esclaves."
Warfare
Date: 1802Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Another engraving from the French traveler Durand at the beginning of the 19th century. Here we see an army - cavalry and infantry - preparing to go to battle in the Senegal River valley.
Boats rushing to rescue Medine
Date: 1857Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Engraving based on a sketch of the French boats going up the Senegal River to rescue the fort of Medine in July 1857 to liberate the fort from the siege organized by Al-Hajj Umar. This engraving contains the following caption, "The Expeditionary Column and the Steamboat Le Basilic going to relieve the siege of Medine, 18 July 1857".
Ahmad al-Kabir in about 1864
Date: 1868Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
A sketch made by the French explorer Eugene Mage, who resided in Segu, Ahmad's capital, from 1864 to 1866. His rough sketch was reworked into a wood engraving by an artist in Paris and published with Mage's account in 1868. This engraving contains the following caption, "S. M. Ahmadou, roi de Ségou."
Entrance to Ahmad's Palace in Segu
Date: 1868Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
A sketch made by the French explorer Eugene Mage, who resided in Segu, Ahmad's capital, from 1864 to 1866. His rough sketch was reworked into a wood engraving by an artist in Paris and published with Mage's account in 1868. This sketch contains the following caption, "Entrée du palais d'Ahmadou, à Ségou-Sikoro."
Le Monde Illustre Images
Date: 1875Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
A series of image that appeared in a popular journal which circulated widely in France in the late 19th century. The image 'Portrayal of Battle of Samba Sadio' contains the following caption, "Colonies Françaises - Le Sénégal. - Combat de Boumdou. - Le marabout Amadou Sekou est battu par la colonne expéditionnaire commandée par le lieutenant-colonel Bégin." The image 'Memorial for Victims of Samba Sadio' contains the following caption, "Religious Service in St. Louis for the Victims of the Battle against Anadu Madiyu, 1875".
Memorial for Victims of Samba Sadio
Date: 1875Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
An artist's sketch of the religious service for the casualties from the French and Cayorian coalition which defeated the Madiyankoobe at Samba Sadio in February 1875. This sketch contains the following caption, "Religious Service in St. Louis for the Victims of the Battle against Anadu Madiyu, 1875".
Portrayal of Battle of Samba Sadio
Date: 1875Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
An artists rendering of a journalist's sketch of the Battle of Samba Sadio in February 1875. This drawing contains the following caption, "Colonies Françaises - Le Sénégal. - Combat de Boumdou. - Le marabout Amadou Sekou est battu par la colonne expéditionnaire commandée par le lieutenant-colonel Bégin."
Umarian Horseman with Musket
Date: 1886Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
A sketch made by the French officer and explorer Joseph Gallieni, who traveled through the Western Sudan between 1886 and 1888. His rough sketch was reworked into a wood engraving by an artist in Paris and published with Gallieni's account in 1891. This sketch contains the caption, "Cavalier toucouleur. (Voir p. 54.)"
Dingiray, the first Umarian capital
Date Range: 1880-1889Format: Image-StillImage/jpeg
Wood engraving completed by an artist in Paris on the basis of a sketch completed by the French traveler, Joseph Gallieni, during his voyage to West Africa between 1886 and 1888, of Umar's first capital and the original homestead of his wives and children, established in 1849. This engraving contains the following caption, "Dinguiray".
