When the Arabic-writing historians first mentioned
the western Sudan in the tenth and eleventh centuries A.D, they also wrote of
the sieries of African states along the river the Senegal. On the coast north
of the Senegal estuary was the town of Awill.which exported salt to the sates
along river.Near the estuary on both banks was the kingdom of Saghana.Further
up river was the kingdom of Futa Toro originally known as Tekrur
Un badda,
ReplyDeleteYes Fouta Toro is a beautiful place I visited Mbidi in 1996. It has a rich history. It was there, I was given my first Pulaar lesson, and visited the local school there.
Jamtan