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2002-02-12
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2002-02-12
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2012-07-20
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Waalo polity
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HR. The Kingdom of Waalo (Oualo) was located on the lower Senegal River in what is now Senegal and Mauritania. Waalo had a complicated political and social system, which has a continuing influence on Wolof culture in Senegal today, especially its highly formalized and rigid caste system. The kingdom was indirectly hereditary, ruled by three matrilinial families: the Logar, the Tedyek and the Joos, all from different ethnic backgrounds. Its history includes constant struggles among these families to become 'Brak' or king of Waalo, as well as wars with its neighbours.
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294943528
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340.141.1Waalo
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-1855.
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321Waalo
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Mauritanian polities
Senegalese polities
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Oualo Kingdom
Waalo Kingdom
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