| LC control no. | no2019096071 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Baldé, Alpha Molo, -1881 |
| Variant(s) | Alfa Molo, -1881 Alfa Moolo, -1881 Baalnde, Alfaa Moolo, -1881 Baldé, Alpha Yaya Molo, -1881 Egge, Moolo, -1881 Eggue, Molo, -1881 Molo, Alfa, -1881 Molo, Alpha, -1881 Molo Baldé, Alpha, -1881 Molo Eggue, -1881 Moolo, Alfa, -1881 Moolo Egge, -1881 |
| Associated country | Senegal Guinea-Bissau |
| Associated place | Kolda (Senegal : Region) |
| Death date | 1881 |
| Place of birth | Dandu (Guinea-Bissau) |
| Profession or occupation | Fula (African people)--Kings and rulers |
| Found in | De Malal Bah à Alfaa Moolo Baalnde, 2019: title page (Alfaa Moolo Baalnde) page 26 (Moolo Egge, a hunter like his late father Malal; lived in the village of Sulabali, Firdu [region]) pages 29-30 (Moolo Egge; new given name, Alfaa, and new religion, Islam, during encounter with Sayku Umaar [Umar Tall]) page 31 (Alfaa Moolo; a great hunter) page 36 (Alfaa Moolo Baalnde, alias Moolo Egge; he died in Danndu, and his son Musaa Moolo reigned after him) Wikipedia, French version, June 28, 2019 (Alpha Molo; Alpha Yaya Molo Baldé, or Alfa Moolo; a Fula chief in the region of Firdou (now region of Kolda); creator of the kingdom of Fouladou, in southern Senegal; his ancestors were Mandingo, from Mali; his son Moussa Molo (Musa Moolo) succeeded him) Wikipedia, June 28, 2019 (Fuladu (Fulaadu, Fuladugu, Fouladou, Fouladougou), a historic region in the Upper Casamance, in the south of Senegal near the border with Guinea, corresponding roughly to the modern Kolda Department; the last kingdam established in Senegal, in the second half of the 19th century, by the Fula chief Alpha Molo, who belonged to the Fulbe Firdu group; Alpha Molo Balde revolted against the Mandinka, unified the Fula of Kaabu, and sought the help of the Fula of Fouta Djallon; died in 1881 at Dandu (now in Guinea-Bissau); his son Moussa Molo Balde attempted to complete what his father had begun, resisting French colonization in the Upper Cassamance, but was defeated and killed in battle at Keserekunda, Gambia, in 1931) Historical dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, 4th edition, 2013, viewed online June 28, 2019: page 276 (Molo Baldé, Alfa (?-1881); famous Fula elephant hunter and warrier who, with support of the Futa Djallon Confederation, led a huge army against Mansa (King) Janke Walli of Kaabu in 1867, 11-day battle of Kansala; Alfa Molo died from illness at Dandu, Guinea-Bissau, in 1881) Brill website, Journal of global slavery, volume 2, issue 1-2, Jan. 2017, Legacies of slavery and popular traditions of freedom in Southern Senegal (1860-1960), viewed June 28, 2019 (Alpha Molo Balde, also known as Molo Eggue, a convert to Islam and ally of Bundu and Fouta Jallon, who in the early 1870s began to negotiate military and economic collaboration with the British and French; originally of serf/slave status, grew up close to his master, Samba Eggue Balde) |
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