Senoudebou
Bakel, Senegal | |
|---|---|
Town and commune | |
Bakel | |
| Coordinates: 14°21′32″N 12°14′48″W / 14.35889°N 12.24667°W | |
| Country | Senegal |
| Region | Tambacounda |
| Department | Bakel |
| Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Population (2003 census) | |
• Town and commune | 1,864 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Sénoudébou is a village in eastern Senegal, near the border with Mali.
History
The French established a fort at Senoudebou in 1845, and reinforced it to defend against the expansion of the Toucouleur Empire.[1] In October 1856, El Hajj Umar Tall's intelligence services tried unsuccessfully to foment a rebellion inside the fort.[1]
In 1846, Capt. Parent pioneered archaeological digs in the region, until then little studied.[2]
The French fort at Senoudebou was closed in 1862.[3]
References
- ^ a b Bah, Thierno Mouctar (1981). "Les forts français et le contrôle de l'espace dans le Haut-Sénégal-Niger". 2000 ans d’histoire africaine. Le sol, la parole et l'écrit. Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny. Tome II. Paris: Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer. p. 980-1. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Hamady Bocoum and Charles Becker, L’Afrique Occidentale Française et la recherche archéologique, IFAN-ORSTOM [1]
- ^ Gomez 2002, pp. 139–40.
Sources
- Gomez, Michael (2002). Pragmatism in the Age of Jihad: The Precolonial State of Bundu (2nd ed.). UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521528474.