Jolof Kingdoms

E354273

The Jolof Kingdoms were a group of successor Wolof states in what is now Senegal that emerged after the decline of the Jolof (Wolof) Empire and played a major role in regional politics and Atlantic trade.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Jolof 5
Kingdom of Jolof 2
Jolof (kingdom) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wolof state ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
successor state ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
capitalType shifting capitals ⓘ
conflictedWith Moorish raiders ⓘ
neighboring Fulani polities ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
gum arabic trade ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
emergedAfter decline of Jolof Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup Wolof people ⓘ
followed Jolof Empire ⓘ
linked to: Wolof Empire

Wolof Empire ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Baol ⓘ
Cayor ⓘ
Jolof (kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms

Saloum ⓘ
Sine ⓘ
Walo ⓘ
influencedBy Islamic scholarship from the Sahel ⓘ
interactedWith French colonial traders ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
other Senegambian states ⓘ
legacy formation of modern Senegalese ethnic and political structures ⓘ
persistence of Wolof language dominance in Senegal ⓘ
locatedIn Senegal ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
participatedIn Atlantic trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
partOf Atlantic world ⓘ
playedRoleIn Atlantic commerce ⓘ
regional politics of Senegambia ⓘ
region Senegambia ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
rulingClass Wolof aristocracy ⓘ
socialStructure hierarchical caste system ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
late medieval period ⓘ
titleOfRuler Brak ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Wolof language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolof Empire → followedBy → Jolof Kingdoms ⓘ
West Africans → hasHistoricalState → Wolof Kingdom of Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Futa Tooro → influencedRegions → Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Takrur → neighboringState → Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Walo → borderedBy → Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Sine → neighboringEntity → Kingdom of Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Ndiadiane Ndiaye → foundingLocation → Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Ndiadiane Ndiaye → successorDynasty → Jolof royal dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Cayor → neighboringEntity → Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Jolof Kingdoms → hasPart → Jolof (kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
Wolof people → traditionalPoliticalUnit → Kingdom of Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms