Side by side

Mali and Senegal compared

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

🇲🇱Mali

c. 1235 — Sundiata Keita founds the Mali Empire on the upper Niger

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🇸🇳Senegal

20 August 1960 — Senegal withdraws from the Federation of Mali and declares independence

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Shared indicators
42
Domains
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Crossed events
4
Data through
2026-08-10

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

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Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. c. 1286

    Takrur drawn into Mali's orbit

    Political fragmentation and the rise of the Mali Empire bring Takrur under outside dynasties, ending its independent prominence.

    Politics & Power · from the Senegal chronicle · Takrur and the Coming of Islam · Takrur

  2. 1959

    Mali Federation formed

    Senegal and the Sudanese Republic unite in the Mali Federation, seeking a federal path out of French rule.

    Politics & Power · from the Senegal chronicle · Independence and the Senghor Republic · Mali Federation, Mali Federation

  3. January 1959

    The Mali Federation with Senegal

    French Soudan and Senegal join in the short-lived Mali Federation, with Modibo Keïta as a leading figure; it dissolves in August 1960.

    Politics & Power · from the Mali chronicle · French Soudan and Independence · Mali Federation, Modibo Keita — 1st President of Mali

  4. 4 April 1960

    Independence within the Mali Federation

    France grants the Mali Federation independence, transferring power on 4 April 1960; full independence follows on 20 June.

    Independence · from the Senegal chronicle · Independence and the Senghor Republic · Mali Federation, Mali Federation