The attempted suicide of Samori Ture, 1899. Artist: F Meaulle

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The attempted suicide of Samori Ture, 1899. Samori Ture (also Samory Touré or Samori ibn Lafiya Ture, 1830-1900) was the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic military state that resisted French rule in West Africa from 1882 to his capture in 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th February 1899.

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