Mademba Sy Explained

Faama Mademba Sy was a king of Sansanding, in what is today Mali.^[1]

The French colonial administration placed him as 'chief' of Massina after its conquest in the 1890s, in fact in the new kingdom of Sansanding at south-west. In 1899 he was famously brought before a French military court on charges that he abused his authority, but he kept political support until his death.^[2]

References

• Roberts, Richard, “The Case of Faama Mademba Sy and the Ambiguities of Legal Jurisdiction in Early Colonial French Soudan,” in Kristin Mann and Richard Roberts, eds., Law in Colonial Africa (Portsmouth, NH: Heinneman, 1991), 1pp. 85–205.

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberts, Richard L.. Conflicts of Colonialism: The Rule of Law, French Soudan, and Faama Mademba Sèye. 2022. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-009-09804-5. 10.1017/9781009106849.
2. "Amkoullel, l'enfant peul" (in French); Author: Amadou Hampâté Bâ; Publisher: French & European Pubs 1992 / ; 6th Chapter (Kati, the militar town), From 2nd to 4th paragraphs of 5th section (The Sergeant-major & the King's Son)