Qualla: Battle of Porédaka https://qualla.com/battle-of-poredaka en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Porédaka https://qualla.com/battle-of-poredaka Battle of Porédaka: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-poredaka/ When the French handed Bokar Biro a treaty to sign, he did not refuse it outright. He took the document and wrote, in the place reserved for his name, a single word: Bismillah, in the name of God. Only later, when colonial officials in Saint-Louis examined the paper, did they understand that the last ruler of the Imamate of Futa Jallon had signed away nothing. It was a quiet act of defiance from a man already running out of room. Within months it would be answered with cannon on the plain of Porédaka.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/9/z/m/battle-of-poredaka-wp/e9zm-battle-of-por-daka-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Porédaka: A State in the Highlands https://qualla.com/battle-of-poredaka/ For most of two centuries, the Fouta Djallon was governed by one of West Africa's notable experiments in Islamic statecraft. The Imamate of Futa Jallon had risen out of a jihad declared in 1725, when Fula scholars and chiefs gathered at the religious center of Fugumba and chose K...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/9/z/m/battle-of-poredaka-wp/e9zm-battle-of-por-daka-a-state-in-the-highlands.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Porédaka: A House Divided https://qualla.com/battle-of-poredaka/ Bokar Biro had come to power in 1890 through a coup, taking the throne after killing his own brother and installing loyalists around him. What followed was a see-saw of power struggles in which he more than once lost his position and clawed it back. The imamate had long alternate...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/9/z/m/battle-of-poredaka-wp/e9zm-battle-of-por-daka-a-house-divided.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Porédaka: An Hour on the Plain https://qualla.com/battle-of-poredaka/ At the end of the 1896 rainy season the French moved, dispatching columns from Senegal, Guinea, and the Sudan to converge on the Fouta Djallon. On 3 November they took Timbo, the political capital. Bokar Biro could not rally the chiefs to his side. On 13 November he gave battle a...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/9/z/m/battle-of-poredaka-wp/e9zm-battle-of-por-daka-an-hour-on-the-plain.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Porédaka: What Was Lost https://qualla.com/battle-of-poredaka/ Bokar Biro died on that field, and his son died with him. With them died the independence of the Imamate of Futa Jallon, a state that had governed these highlands since 1725. The French installed a resident at Timbo, rewarded the chief Alfa Yaya for his support, and made Umaru Ba...

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