Kaladian Coulibaly was aWest African ruler who founded one of the first largeBambara kingdoms, centered onSégou in what is nowMali. Originally fromKong in what is now theIvory Coast, he was a mercenary warlord who overthrew the ruling Koita dynasty of Segou.^[1] Around 1650, Coulibaly's kingdom was one of the dominant forces in the region. Though it lacked a systematic framework and thus failed to outlast his death (c. 1680), his great-grandsonBitòn Coulibaly would found a more stableBambara Empire fifty years later on the same spot.

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