Guidimakha

{{about|the historical region|the modern-day region of Mauritania|Guidimaka region}}

'''Guidimakha''', sometimes spelled '''Gidimaxa''', was a Soninke ''dyamare'' (chiefdom or confederacy) in what is now southern Mauritania and western Mali. The Soninke presence in the region, particularly in the valleys of the Assaba Massif, dates back to the Tichitt period in the 1st millennium BC.{{sfn|Bathily|1989|p=83}} Guidimakha itself was older than the neighboring, and much better known, Wagadu Empire. It was founded by the legendary ancestor Maxam Malle Duho, ancestor of the Soumare clan.{{sfn|Bathily|1989|p=81}} Guidimakha did eventually become part of Wagadu.<ref name = Kane>{{cite book |last1=Kane |first1=Oumar |title=La première hégémonie peule. Le Fuuta Tooro de Koli Teηella à Almaami Abdul |date=2004|pages=57–60 |publisher=Karthala |location=Paris |isbn=978-2-84586-521-1 |url=https://www.cairn.info/la-premiere-hegemonie-peule--9782845865211-page-114.htm |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> The Moors drove the Kamara clan ''en masse'' out of their home in the Tagant Plateau and into Guidimakha, where they eventually overwhelmed the Sumare by force of numbers and took the title of ''Tunka'' (king).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Collet |first1=Eric |last2=Winter |first2=Grace |title=La Société Soninké (Dyahunu, Mali) |date=1971 |publisher=Editions de l’Institut de Sociologie de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles |location=Brussels |page=270}}</ref>

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===Sources=== * {{cite book |last1=Bathily |first1=Abdoulaye |title=Les Portes de L’Or |date=1989 |publisher=L'Harmattan |location=Paris |url=https://ereader.perlego.com/1/book/3146221/35 |access-date=14 August 2025}}

Category: Historical regions of Mali Category:Political history of Mauritania Category:Political history of Mali Category:Successor states to the Ghana Empire Category:Countries in medieval Africa Category:Soninke states