Kaya Magan Cissé or Kaya Maghan (c. 700) was a Soninke king of

Wagadou The Ghana Empire, also known as Wagadou ( ar, غانا) or Awkar, was a West African empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali that existed from c. 300 until 1100. The Empire was founded by the Soninke people, an ...

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Ouagadou Ouagadou is a commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune contains the town of Goumbou which is the administrative centre and 6 villages.. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 19,123. Go ...

). He was the founder of the Cissé Tounkara

dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

which later dominated the

Ghana Empire The Ghana Empire, also known as Wagadou ( ar, غانا) or Awkar, was a West African empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali that existed from c. 300 until 1100. The Empire was founded by the Soninke people, ...

from the 8th century CE.(or : Kaya Magan) Gravrand, Henry, "La civilisation

Sereer The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group.

, ''Cosaan'' : les origines", Nouvelles Editions

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

ines, 1983, pp 75-76,

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