In West Africa, in the year of 1727, a tribe in the area of Futa Jallon decided to rise up against the tribe heads (actual uprising). By 1729 they had established a Democratic Caliphate and decided to liberate surrounding and allied tribes from corrupt rulers. Those included tribes who followed the tribal religion, or those that had Imams as heads, with Islam as the religion. They managed to liberate the villages surrounding Futa Toro, and then, shortly after, Messina.
Their economy relied mostly on trade, they would trade Ivory from East and Central Africa, salt, gold, and other valuable resources. Along with a minor role in the slave trade. Minor since the Caliphate banned certain groups of people being sold as slaves, such as Fulani's, the people who speak Fulan, people which would pay debts, and 'non-crime-doers'.
The Fulani Assimilations and Wars of Expansion (1730-34) were very quickly won since the Fulanis had a great deal of trade power within the European world, resulting in them wielding more robust and modern musketry compared to other tribes around them. Quickly encompassing much of the ivory coast, and going as deep as Lake Chad.
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