Kolokani

The country around Kolokani belongs to Kaarta, west of the upper Niger and near Diéma. Here the Massassi dynasty established a Bambara kingdom that competed with its eastern neighbour, Segu. The fortunes of Kaarta rose and fell with its struggles against Segu and other powers; under Bodian Moriba in the early nineteenth century, its rulers recovered territory and moved their capital to Nioro. The documented town of Kolokani itself lies farther southeast, towards the Bélédougou country.