Mbissel
Village in Senegal
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Mbissel is a village in the west of Sénégal . It is situated in the region of Fatick . The population is overrun by the Serer people . [1] [2]
History
Mbissel was the capital of the first Guelowar king of Sine - Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh commonly known as Maysa Wali Jon. Maysa Wali made it his capital in the 14th century. [3]
The area just like the whole of Sine and Saloum has many historical monuments . [4] The traditional site of the tomb of Maysa Wali is located in Mbissel. [5]
See also
- Kingdom of Sine
- Kingdom of Saloum
- Serer people
- Maat Sine Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof (King of Sine 1853 - 1871)
- Guelowar
- Serer religion
- Mossane , a 1996 film directed by Safi Faye
Notes
- ↑ Dennis Charles Galvan. The state must be our master of fire: how peasants craft sustainable development in Senegal. University of California Press, 2004. ISBN 0-520-23591-6 . p 54
- ↑ "Mbissel, the site of PEPAM" . Archived from the original on 2012-04-01 . Retrieved 2011-10-27 .
- ↑ M. Gueye, Les Guélowares et le Sine, Éthiopiques (revue), n° 28, p. 174-181, 1982.
- ↑ Senegal, Ministry of Culture Department
- ↑ Jean-Marc Gastellu. L'égalitarisme économique des Serer du Sénégal. p303. IRD Editions, 1981
External links
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