Kong began as a small chiefdom of the Falafala, a branch of the Senufo; its founding date is unknown.
Mande (Dyula) merchants settled there from the fourteenth century on the English account (from the twelfth on the French), and the town was Muslim by the sixteenth; the Kong empire of Seku Wattara dates from 1710. On 1 January 1200 Kong is, at most, a Senufo village or chiefdom; the Dyula trading town is later.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
No lord known.
How things stand that morning
Senufo village or chiefdom, if it exists.
Communities
Senufo (Falafala).
Walls and castle
See summary.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Tradition; no excavation known to me.
Sources and studies
- Kong, Ivory Coast (Wikipedia) and Kong (Côte d'Ivoire) (French Wikipedia)
- Sénoufos (French Wikipedia, citing Delafosse 1908-1909, Holas 1957, T. F. Ouattara 1999, Sinali Coulibaly 1961 and 1978)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.