781288 A View of Kong, illustration from \'Du Niger au Golfe de Guinee...\', by Louis Gustave Binger, 1892 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: The Kong Empire (1710??898), also known as the Wattara Empire or Ouattara Empire for its founder, was a pre-colonial African Muslim state centered in north eastern Cote d\'Ivoire that also encompassed much of present-day Burkina Faso. Founded by Dyula immigrants from the declining Mali Empire. Du Niger au Golfe de Guin矇e par le pays de Kong et le Mossi, par le capitaine Binger (1887-1889)); French, out of copyright.