Is there any good PoD, or set of PoD's, to prevent the sudden fall of Samori Ture's militarily competent (and also pretty interesting) West African state, the Wassoulou Empire, in the 1890's, to French colonial forces?
If the Wassoulou Empire does manage to survive in the long term, how will it develop as a political entity? Will it decide to ally with an anti-French European power, such as the Germans?