LSE3082226 King Ahmadou with his council, illustration from \'Le Tour du Monde\', nouveau journal des voyages\', by Edouard Charton, 1868 (engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ahmadou Sekou Tall ( June 21, 1836 ??December 15, 1897) (also Ahmadu Sekou, Ahmad al-Madani al-Kabir at-Tijani) was a Toucouleur ruler (Laamdo Dioulb矇) of the Toucouleur Empire (1864??2) and (Faama) of S矇gou (now Mali) from 1864 to 1884. Ahmadu Seku\'s father, El Hadj Umar Tall, conquered S矇gou (then the heart of the Bambara Empire) on March 10, 1861. Not long afterwards, he began his conquest of the Fula empire of Massina, leaving Ahmadu as the Almami of S矇gou.); Photo 穢 Leonard de Selva.