Samori Ture

thumb|Samory Toure Samory Toure (c. 1828 – June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Muslim cleric, a military strategist, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day north and southeastern Guinea and included part of north-eastern Sierra Leone, part of Mali, part of northern Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso. Samori Ture was a deeply religious Muslim of the Maliki school of religious jurisprudence of Sunni Islam. Quotes about Samori Toure Samori Toure was a military genius and a political innovator, who went further than the others in setting up a political administration where a sense of loyalty could prevail over the above clans, localities, and ethnic groups. Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 1972 Howard University Press 978-0-9501546-4-0 147 External links Category:1830s births Category:1900 deaths Category:People from Guinea Category:Politicians from Ivory Coast Category:Monarchs from Africa Category:Muslims Category:Prisoners Category:Religious leaders Category:Politicians from Sierra Leone Category:Politicians from Burkina Faso