The
Kingdom of Jolof ( or ), also known as
Wolof and
Wollof, was a West African rump state located in what is today the nation of
Senegal. For nearly two hundred years, the
Serer rulers of the
Jolof Empire collected tribute from vassal kings states who voluntarily agreed to the confederacy. At the Battle of Danki, the Buurba Jolof was defeated by the lord of
Kayor resulting in the rapid disintegration of the empire. Jolof survived as a meager state, unable to prosper from the Atlantic trade between its former vassal territories and the Portuguese.