Kiniéran

Kiniéran is a town and sub-prefecture in the Mandiana Prefecture in the Kankan Region of eastern Guinea.[1] As of 2014 it had a population of 37,944 people.[2]

Kiniéran
Sub-prefecture and town
Kiniéran is located in Guinea
Kiniéran
Kiniéran
Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 11°07′N 8°56′W
Country Guinea
RegionKankan Region
PrefectureMandiana Prefecture
Population
 (2014)
 • Total37,944
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

After the fall of Kankan to Samory Toure in 1880, one of the city's leaders, Daye Kaba, fled to Kinieran. He reached out to Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes, commander of the French garrison at Kita, Mali, for protection. Toure ignored the French claims to a protectorate, however, and sacked the city on February 21st 1882. The French relief column arrived too late, but pursued the Wassoulou army, which turned and fought at Samaya on the 26th. The sofas traditional frontal charges became a slaughter when faced with the latest French weaponry, but Samori quickly adapted by adopting guerilla tactics and hit-and-run cavalry attacks. They harassed the French back to the Niger river, winning Toure a reputation as the African leader who could stand up to the invading toubab.[3]: 63–4 

References
  1. "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. "Guinea". Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. Fofana, Khalil (1998). L' Almami Samori Touré Empereur (in French). Paris: Présence Africaine. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

11°07′N 8°56′W


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