Maissa Bigué Ngoné Fall

Maissa Bigué Ngoné Fall[1] or Ma Isa Bige Ngone Fall[2] (Gambian English: Ma Isa Begay Ngoneh Faal; other spelling: Isa Bige N'Gone[3]) was the King of the Wolof Kingdom of Cayor during the 18th century. Cayor is now part of modern Senegal. He reigned as Damel from 1748—1749 and again from 1758—1759.[3]

In 1759, the Bourba Jolof (king of Jolof) Birayamb Ma-Dyigen Ndaw Njie (or Birayamb-Madjiguène N'Dao N'Diaye) defeated Maissa Bigué in battle and exiled him. However, his victory was short-lived, because the following year, Maissa Bigué returned and defeated the King of Jolof, killing him in battle.[2][1][4] Maissa Bigué belonged to the reigning Fall Wolof patrilineage and the "Wolof Géej maternal dynasty " of Cayor and Baol, and a direct maternal descendant of the Wolof noble Lingeer Ngoné Dièye, the matriarch of the maternal dynasty of "Géej." Ngoné Dieye ( Jéey in Wolof) was originally from Tubé Dieye in Gandiol, a Wolof region that borders Mauritania.[5]

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References
  1. IFAN (1974), (cont. Institut fondamental d'Afrique Noire), Bulletin de L'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire: Sciences Humaines. Série B, pp. 119, 120, 144
  2. Sonko-Godwin, Patience, Ethnic groups of the Senegambia: a brief history, Sunrise Publishers (1988), p. 26, ISBN 9789983860009
  3. Stewart, John, African States and Rulers, McFarland & Company (2006), pp. 131, 339, 371, ISBN 9780786425624
  4. Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Bulletin de L'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire: Sciences Humaines. Série B, Volume 28, IFAN (1966), pp. 980—999
  5. Duvernoy, G. L. (1833). Notice Historique Sur Les Ouvrages et la vie de M. Le B.on Cuvier/par G.L. Duvernoy. Paris: Chez F.G. Levrault. p. 541. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39629.
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