Editing Samori Ture (section)

===Battle of Saman-saman===

Samory's 1873 capture of Bissandougou represented a declaration of war against Nantenin Famoudou Kourouma, pagan king of Saboudou, who kept his capital at Worokoro. Samori was beaten in their first battle and fell back into the heart of his lands.<ref name = Fofana/>{{rp|33}} The night before battle beneath the walls of Bissandougou, Samory went to negotiate with Jamoro Adjigbe Diakite, one of Kourouma's most powerful lieutenants. "I believe that you are wrong to fight against your brother Muslim," he said. "You are [[Fula people|Fula]] and the Fula are Muslim, and I am Ture and the Ture clan are ''Manden-Mori'' (Muslim of Mande), and one Muslim can't fight against his brother Muslim. I brought you a few cola for you to stop this war." With that, he gave Diakite a large bribe to switch sides.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kante |first1=Souleymane |title=History of Samory Toure |pages=64 |language=Malinke<!--codes not recognized by Mediawiki, no solution to the problem-->}}</ref>

The next morning, Diakite's troops fired on Samory's without having loaded bullets into their guns, then turned and helped route Kourouma, who was captured and beheaded. Samory was now [[Faama]] of all the land between the [[Milo River|Milo]], the [[Sankarani river|Sankarani]], and [[Dion river]]s.<ref name = Fofana/>{{rp|34}}