Why Samori Toure Was Defeated?

The scorched earth policy that he adopted lacked support from civilians who resisted against him. ... The British policy of non-interference denied him their support - against the French. The besieging of his capital by the French forced him to surrender/his blockage from retreating to Liberia.

Why did Samori Toure resist the French?

Samori was afraid to loose it Administratives and judicial powers of the French. Hatred for French disrespect of their traditional institution and culture to resist the French.

What happened Samori Toure?

He was captured on 29 September 1898 by the French captain Henri Gouraud and was exiled to Gabon despite his request to return to southern Guinea. Ture died in captivity on an island in the Ogooué River, near Ndjolé on June 2, 1900, following a bout of pneumonia.

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