Biography of dinga cisse
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Ghana Empire
Empire in West Africa from c. 200s to c. 1200s
Not to be confused with the modern country, Ghana.
The Ghana Empire (Arabic: غانا), also known as simply Ghana,[2]Ghanata, or Wagadu, was a West African classical to post-classical era western-Sahelian empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali.
It is uncertain among historians when Ghana's ruling dynasty began. The first identifiable mention of the imperial dynasty in written records was made by Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī in 830.[3] Further information about the empire was provided by the accounts of Cordoban scholar al-Bakri when he wrote about the region in the 11th century.
After centuries of prosperity, the empire began its decline in the second millennium, and would finally become a vassal state of the rising Mali Empire at some point in the 13th century. Despite its collapse, the empire's influence can be felt in the establishment of numerous urban centers throughout its former territory. In 1957, the British colony of the Gold Coast, under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah named itself Ghana upon independence.
Etymology
[edit]The word Ghana means warrior or war chief, and was the title given to the rulers of the kingdom. Kaya Magha
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Dinga (ruler)
Soninke founder of Wagadou
For the people native to Sudan, see Dinka people.
For the city in Pakistan, see Dinga.
Dinga, also known as Dinka, Dinga Cissé or Kaya Maghan (meaning ruler of gold) (c. 700) was the possibly legendary Soninke founder of Wagadou, also known as the Ghana Empire. He founded the Cissé dynasty which ruled the empire from the 8th century CE to the end of the 11th century.[1]
According to Soninke oral traditions, Dinga immigrated westwards from the east, sometimes specified as Yemen, a theme commonly found in West African ethnogenesis legends. His first wife was barren, but he took four others, each of whom was mother to various different Soninke clans. His third wife, Diangana-Boro, gave birth to six children; the last of them was the mythical snake, Bida. His fourth wife, Kantana-Boro, gave birth to five Cissé kings of Wagadou. The first of these, Diabe Cissé, concluded a pact with Bida to sacrifice a virgin to the snake every year in exchange for plentiful rains and gold.[2]
The legend of Dinga is also widespread among the Songhai people.[2]