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Samba Ndiaye was born in [[Tiyabu]], [[Gajaaga]], the son of a Bathily father and an Ndiaye mother around 1810. In 1825 he was taken as a hostage to [[Saint Louis, Senegal|Saint Louis]], where he lived for over a decade, learning to speak [[French language|French]] and [[Wolof language|Wolof]]. He was not educated, but apprenticed to a mason. Upon his return to the upper [[Senegal |
Samba Ndiaye was born in [[Tiyabu]], [[Gajaaga]], the son of a Bathily father and an Ndiaye mother around 1810. In 1825 he was taken as a hostage to [[Saint Louis, Senegal|Saint Louis]], where he lived for over a decade, learning to speak [[French language|French]] and [[Wolof language|Wolof]]. He was not educated, but apprenticed to a mason. Upon his return to the upper [[Senegal ]] valley, he became a merchant, then in 1855 joined [[El Hajj Oumar Tall]]’s growing movement. Familiar with European methods, he became commander of Tall’s artillery, then later the chief military engineer for fortifications.<ref name = Bah/> |
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After [[El Hajj Oumar Tall]]’s death in 1864, Ndiaye served his son [[Ahmadu Tall]] as a diplomat, specializing in relations with European powers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bathily |first1=Abdoulaye |title=Les Portes de L’Or |date=1989 |publisher=L’Harmattan |location=Paris |page=129 |url=https://ereader.perlego.com/1/book/3146221/35 |access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref> |
After [[El Hajj Oumar Tall]]’s death in 1864, Ndiaye served his son [[Ahmadu Tall]] as a diplomat, specializing in relations with European powers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bathily |first1=Abdoulaye |title=Les Portes de L’Or |date=1989 |publisher=L’Harmattan |location=Paris |page=129 |url=https://ereader.perlego.com/1/book/3146221/35 |access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref> |
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Soninke military engineer
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| Born | c. 1810 |
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| Allegiance | Toucouleur Army |
Samba Ndiaye was the chief military engineer of the Toucouleur Empire, as well as an artillery officer and diplomat. He was responsible for the construction of tatas in what is now modern-day Mali, including the defenses of Segou Sikoro, Koundian, Dyala, Nyamina and Nioro du Sahel.[1][2] He also played a role in repairing captured French artillery.[3]
Samba Ndiaye was born in Tiyabu, Gajaaga, the son of a Bathily father and an Ndiaye mother around 1810. In 1825 he was taken as a hostage to Saint Louis, where he lived for over a decade, learning to speak French and Wolof. He was not educated, but apprenticed to a mason. Upon his return to the upper Senegal River valley, he became a merchant, then in 1855 joined El Hajj Oumar Tall‘s growing movement. Familiar with European methods, he became commander of Tall’s artillery, then later the chief military engineer for fortifications.[1]
After El Hajj Oumar Tall‘s death in 1864, Ndiaye served his son Ahmadu Tall as a diplomat, specializing in relations with European powers.[4]
Ndiaye died in Segou of an illness shortly after Ahmadu was forced into exile and the city taken by the French.[1]
- ^ a b c Therno Mouctar Bah. “SAMBA NDIAYE, INGENIEUR DES ARMEES TOUCOULEUR D’EL HADJ OMAR.” Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, vol. 8, no. 4, 1977, pp. 161–68. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44734378. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.
- ^ MacDonald, K. C. (2012). “The least of their inhabited villages are fortified”: the walled settlements of Segou. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 47(3), 343–364. https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2012.707478
- ^ Ly-Tall, Madina (1989). “Massina and the Torodbe (Tukuloor) empire until 1878”. In Ajayi, Jacob F. Ade (ed.). Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520039179.
- ^ Bathily, Abdoulaye (1989). Les Portes de L’Or. Paris: L’Harmattan. p. 129. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
