Kiri (Kafo)

Kiri
Kiri
Common languages	Mandinka
Religion	African traditional religion
Government	Kafu
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Wagadu
Mali Empire
Today part of	Mali

Kiri, also spelled Kri, was a kafu (a coalition of villages headed by a kafu-tigi) in the Niger River valley that was one of the core territories of the Mali Empire. It was ruled by the Traore family.

Oral sources mention two kingdoms in the area, Dô and Kiri (also called Mande or Malel). Kiri was located in the uplands between Siby and Niagassola. Naré Maghann Konaté, father of Sundiata Keita, was the king of Kiri.

References

↑ Levtzion, Nehemia (1980). Ancient Ghana and Mali (2nd ed.). New York: Africana Publishing Company. p. 55.
↑ MacDonald, Kevin C.; Gestrich, Nikolas; Camara, Seydou; Keita, Daouda (2018-07-18), "The 'Pays Dô' and the Origins of the Empire of Mali", Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past, Brill, pp. 63–88, ISBN 978-90-04-38018-9, retrieved 2024-11-25

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[1] Levtzion, Nehemia (1980). Ancient Ghana and Mali (2nd ed.). New York: Africana Publishing Company. p. 55.

[:0-2] MacDonald, Kevin C.; Gestrich, Nikolas; Camara, Seydou; Keita, Daouda (2018-07-18), "The 'Pays Dô' and the Origins of the Empire of Mali", Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past, Brill, pp. 63–88, ISBN 978-90-04-38018-9, retrieved 2024-11-25