Seku Amadu

Seku Amadu

Seku Amadu (Var.: Shaykhu Ahmadu ibn Muhammadu Lobbo, Ahmadu I, Cheikhou Amadou) (1773–1845) was the founder of the Fula (Peul in French) Massina Empire in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali. He ruled from 1818 to 19 March 1845 as Imam or Amir al-Mu´minin, also taking the title Sise al-Masini.

A Qadiriyyah Sufi imam by training, Seku Amadu preached for years against what he saw as the corruption of the Islamic elites governing Timbuktu and Djenné. Inspired by the recent uprising of Usman dan Fodio in neighboring Hausaland, Seku Amadu led his followers in a jihad against the then-dominant Bambara Empire in 1818. By 1819, he had decisively defeated the Bambara in battle, seizing Djenné and much of Inner Niger Delta region. He founded a capital for his new Massina Empire at Hamdullahi, northeast of Djenné, just south of the present day city of Mopti.

At the height of the Empire's power, a 10,000 man army was stationed in the city, and Seku Amadu ordered the construction of six hundred madrasas to further the spread of Islam. He also ordered alcohol, tobacco, music and dancing banned in accordance with Islamic law, and constructed a social welfare system to provide for widows, orphans, and the poor.

One of the most enduring results of his rule was a code regulating the use of the inland Niger delta region by Fula cattle herders and diverse farming communities.

In 1845, Seku Amadu conquered Timbuktu. However, he died within the year, leaving control of the Massina Empire to his son, Amadu Seku. Seku Amadu's Empire outlived him by only seventeen years, falling to Toucouleur conqueror El Hajj Umar Tall in 1862.

See also

References

  • Davidson, Basil (1995). Africa in History: themes and outlines. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684826674. 
  • Klien, Martin (1998). Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521596785. 
  • Roberts, Richard L. (1987). Warriors, Merchants. and Slaves: the state and the economy in the Middle Niger Valley, 1700-1914. Stanford. ISBN 0804713782. 

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