Villages & clans

Records of villages and lineages of Fuuta Jalo

Each village in Fuuta Jalo is a living archive: a mosque, a cluster of compounds, a founding lineage, an oral tradition. These records, written and completed by readers, document the historic towns and hamlets of the nine provinces of the almamiyat.

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2 of 6 listed — collection ongoing
Pl. IV
Tata de l'almamy à Timbo
Fortier n° 622, v. 1905 — BnF / Gallica

Most consulted

Documented Towns and Hamlets

Fugumba

Capitale religieuse du Fuuta Jalo : lieu d'intronisation des almamys et siège du conseil des…

Prefecture · Pita

Pita

Porte des chutes de la Kinkon ; terre de transhumance et des lignages Bah.

Prefecture · Pita