Mbissel
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]
King of Sine Maat Sine Ama Joof Gnilane Faye Joof. Water colour taken in 1850, three years before the King's death
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
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