Editing Waalo (section)

===Decline===
In 1765 the ''Damel'' of Cayor counterattacked, armed with English guns, and soundly defeated the Waalo-Waalo.{{sfn|Webb|1995|p=42}} After Naatago's death in 1766 a long civil war broke out, with the Moors constantly intervening and raiding. In 1775 the English took more than 8000 slaves from Waalo in less than six months.{{sfn|Barry|1992|p=281}}

With recurring civil war and frequent foreign meddling in succession disputes, Waalo's power declined progressively in favor of the Moorish Emirate of Trarza.{{sfn|Barry|1972|p=195–99}}

In the 1820s the [[marabout]] of [[Koki, Senegal|Koki]] Ndiaga Issa, who had amassed significant political power in Cayor, was driven out by the [[damel]]. His forces, led by general Dille Thiam, took control of Waalo instead. The French intervened however, and killed Thiam.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Colvin |first1=Lucie Gallistel |title=ISLAM AND THE STATE OF KAJOOR: A CASE OF SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE TO JIHAD |journal=Journal of African History |date=1974 |volume=xv |issue=4 |page=604 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C5103BEEF02E021E91F418FDD3693BC7/S002185370001389Xa.pdf/islam_and_the_state_of_kajoor_a_case_of_successful_resistance_to_jihad.pdf |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>

To stop the cripplying Moorish raids and present a unified front against the French, the [[Lingeer]] [[Njembot Mbodj]] married the Emir of Trarza in 1833. Faced with an alliance that could threaten the survival of the colony, Saint Louis attacked Waalo, deepening the long-running crisis. Njembot Mbodj was succeeded by her sister [[Ndaté Yalla Mbodj|Ndate Yalle]] in 1847, but the French finally conquered the kingdom in 1855.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheldon |first1=Kathleen |title=Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=179}}</ref>{{sfn|Barry|1972|p=284–9}}