Ba Lobbo — English Wikipedia

Short English Wikipedia article on Ba Lobbo, nephew of Seku Amadu, founder of the Massina Empire, and its able general; it recounts that he was considered as successor in 1845 but passed over for the founder's son Amadu Seku, was considered again in 1853 but backed Amadu Seku's son Amadu Amadu, and after the fall of Hamdullahi in 1862 led the remaining Massina forces, driving Umar Tall from Hamdullahi in 1864 before Umar's nephew Tidiani Tall suppressed his resistance. The article gives no birth or death date for him.

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