Claim: Abdul Bubakar, the almami of the Imamate of Futa Jallon in the late nineteenth century, sought to reorganize the French protectorate (founded in the mid-nineteenth century by Omar Saidou Tall of the Toucouleur people) to oppose further French advances up the Senegal River.
Evidence: Abdul Bubakar sought to reorganize the Tukolor confederation to oppose further French advances up the Senegal River.