Jolof Empire Chronology

 

1000 - Jolof Empire founded

1875 - 1890 merged with Songhay Empire of Ahmadu Shaykhu
1895 - 1902 invaded by France; renamed "French West Africa"

Sovereign Rulers (title Buur-ba Jolof)

 

- Ndaw/Ndao/Ndow Royal Family -
1570 - 1576 Alboury Sarr Ndaw
1719 - 1752 Birayam Madjiguene Ndaw
1753 - 1760 Lat Codou Madjiguene Ndaw

 

Saalum Kingdom

1493 Saalum established as vassal kingdom of Jolof
1895 invaded by France and renamed “French West Africa"
1969 included in independent Republic of Senegal as a "Region"

Sovereign Rulers (title Buur Saalum)

1639- 1645 Ndene Njay Maron Ndaw
1732- 1734 Biram Xurèja Tiek Ndaw
1734- 1753 Ndene Njay Bige Ndaw
1767- 1769 Sandene Kodu Bige Ndaw
1778- 1787 Sandene Kodu Fall Ndaw
1787 - 1803 Biram Njeme Ñaxana Ndaw

By Pr. O. Ndiaye Leyti,

Historian Curator Goree Island Museum,

Senegal, 1966.