damel
Sign in to savethumb | right | "Theatre in a box", a production by Senegalese artist Amadou Makhtar Mbaye, featuring the visit of the philosopher Kocc Barma Fall to the damel (king) of CayorDamel was the title of the ruler (or king) of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor in what is now northwest Senegal, West Africa.
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thumb | right | "Theatre in a box", a production by Senegalese artist Amadou Makhtar Mbaye, featuring the visit of the philosopher Kocc Barma Fall to the damel (king) of CayorDamel was the title of the ruler (or king) of the Wolof kingdom of Cayor in what is now northwest Senegal, West Africa.
The most well-known damel is probably Lat Dior Diop (1842–1886) who was killed by the French after decades of resisting their encroachment on Wolof territory. Lat Dior is a Senegalese national hero.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “damel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.