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Mbissel

Coordinates: 14°08′45″N 16°44′35″W / 14.14583°N 16.74306°W / 14.14583; -16.74306
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King of Sine Maat Sine Ama Joof Gnilane Faye Joof. Water colour taken in 1850, three years before the King's death

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

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Mbissel, the site of PEPAM". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  3. ^ M. Gueye, Les Guélowares et le Sine, Éthiopiques (revue), n° 28, p. 174-181, 1982.
  4. ^ Senegal, Ministry of Culture Department
  5. ^ Jean-Marc Gastellu. L'égalitarisme économique des Serer du Sénégal. p303. IRD Editions, 1981
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14°08′45″N 16°44′35″W / 14.14583°N 16.74306°W / 14.14583; -16.74306