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Boulebane

Boulebane is a village in eastern Senegal, near the Falémé river, that served as a capital of the almamys of Bundu. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was a royal residence of the Sisibe dynasty and, with other towns of Bundu such as Koussan, a centre of Islamic learning on the trade routes between the upper Senegal and the Gambia.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Boulebane. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/boulebane
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