He converted to Islam around 1861, and made common cause with other Woolof and Fulani states to resist French colonialism, most famously at the battles of Pathé Badiane in 1864 and Ngol Ngol in 1865.
He converted to Islam around 1861. He made common cause with other Woolof and Fulani states at the battles of Pathé Badiane in 1864. This was most famously. This was to resist French colonialism. He made common cause with other Woolof and Fulani states at the battles of Ngol Ngol in 1865. This was most famously. This was to resist French colonialism.