maba diakhou b i first came across the maba diakhou b article when i was looking for articles relating to senegambia having read the view history section of the article it was evident that it has been on display for quite a few years now the purpose of starting this discussion is to disagree with several aspects of the historical account being presented in the maba diakhou b article based on reliable secondary sources as stated in the notablity policy although i have primary documents about the man maba diakhou b i will stick to secondary sources in line with wiki's policy before i start to put forward my counter argument i think a brief history is necessary for those who are not well familiar with the subject maba was a senegambian jihadist in the th century who spent years launching wars against non muslim kingdoms in order to convert them to islam as it will become clearer you will find out that converting people to islam was not his only objective for launching jihad in any case he was partly responsible for the mass conversion of the senegambian people particularly the wolof people and other tribes in the th century this is very significant because senegambia which encompasses senegal and the gambia are predominantly muslim countries the muslim population are the descendants of those converted in masses in the th century many of whom by maba diakhou b islam being very strong in both senegal and the gambia especially with the advent of the muslim brotherhoods of senegal maba diakhou b is given a saint like figure in both senegal and the gambia as such no one dares to comment on the atrocities of maba his back handed dealings with the french and british administration during the colonial era his enslavement of people whom he viewed as non muslims his pillaging of lands etc instead the muslim majority of senegambia led by the muslim brotherhoods of senegal have fabricated his historical account and pass it off as facts that some historians have fallen for but of course there are others who will not be duped and have examined the true facts and written it accordingly it is very important to point out here that not all ordinary senegambian muslims feel this way many of them try to go about their daily lives with little thought for these kind of things there are of course others who take the words of their religious leaders as scripture that is infallible even if ample evidence is presented to them in most cases when i talk about the senegambian muslim masses i am referring to the senegambian muslim establishment who mingle in politics control what historical or religious programmes are presented in the media etc these are the ones who control information and whose desire to is release the type of information they want others to know and believe having said all that i now address each of the inaccurate accounts presented in maba's article maba was killed on the th july at the battle of fandane thiouthiogne commonly known in senegambian history as the battle of somb he was killed by the serer people led by their king buur sine kumba ndoffene famak joof when he thought he could go and launch his jihad against the serer people as he had done with other non muslim tribes and kingdoms sources histoire du sine saloum by alioune sarr and essai sur l histoire du saloum et du rip by abdou bouri b the article did not give us the exact date he died and in the death and legacy heading made a transitional error as to the year he died by putting instead of i will also address that section of the article later especially in relation to the first paragraph in the first paragraph of this article it says and i quote he became leader almamy in saloum and under the resistance and conquest heading in other words resisting french colonialism as noted in the first paragraph of that heading it states and i quote while he eventually succeeded in overtaking the dynasty of saloum his movement never succeeded in sine kingdom of sine and much of serer territory remained animist or christian into the th century first of all maba was nothing more than an almamy in rebellion he was not a king with all the powers of a king and him overthrowing the serer dynasty of saloum has not been accurately narrated in this article which i will delve in later note also that in the last paragraph of the first heading the article talks about how maba founded nioro du rip but it did not tell us in any part of the article how he founded it just like in the whole article important pieces of information has been