Diafunu

Diafunu was a Soninke region on the upper Kolinbiné, west of the Niger. In the fourteenth century it was a major province of the Mali Empire, having supported Soumaoro Kante against Sundiata Keita.

After coming under Mandinka rule, Diafunu suffered raids by Moroccan Orman and Moors and fought neighbouring Khasso. From around 1774 it paid tribute to the Bambara kingdom of Kaarta and was governed by an official based in Yelimane.