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The Sosso Empire stretched from the north of the two loops of Niger, from Senegal to the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. This empire consisted of several ethnic communities. Djalonkés Limbas, Bagas, Temines, Mandés, Nalos, Bassaris, Yolas, Locos, Landoumas, Guerzé, and Tomas in particular populated the Sosso empire. After the collapse of the great Sosso empire in 1235 as a result of contacts with the outside world, a number of other sub-ethnic groups assimilated to ethnic sub-groups of Upper Guinea and the average of Guinea. History suggests that large blacks (as opposed to pigmes) originate from the Nile valleys. I maintain that these large Negroes coming from the Nile valleys have found local Palaeo-Nigritics, which are the Djalonkas. These
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