Swing low, Sweet Chariot to UNESCO Megalithic Stones of Sine Ngayene, Senegal
The unique megalithic site of Sine Ngayene is composed by 52 circles of erected stones, including a double circle. There is a total of 1,102 carved stones and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The getting there and back was the most interesting and unexpected part of this excursion. And, the cart is called a chariot...
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February, 2019
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The new 'Senegambia' bridge and its significance [The Morning Call]
After decades of delays, the presidents of Senegal and The Gambia on Monday inaugurated the Senegambia bridge to facilitate trade and travel in West Africa. The bridge located on Gambian territory is described as an elegant work in light concrete spanning more than a kilometre long.
It crosses the River Gambia around 10 km from the border post of Farafenni where the two leaders met for the inauguration.
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Ngayène Sabakh: La chambre de commerce de Kaolack met fin aux difficultés des femmes
Dakaractu, la chaine d'information en ligne!
Ngayene sabakh remise de moulin à mil
Le maire de la commune de Ngayene Sabakh a mis à la disposition des femmes de la commune des moulins à mil pour alléger les travaux domestiques
Un poste de santé entièrement équipée est inauguré dans la commune de Ngayene sabakh, à Darou Mbapp
Dans la commune de Ngayene sabakh, à Darou Mbapp, le PUMA se met encore dans le temps de l'action. Un poste de santé entièrement équipée est inauguré dans ce village frontalier. A la même occasion une ambulance médicalisée est mise à la disposition des populations.
LE message du maire de ngayene sabakh lors du ODD à kaolack
Rencontre sur les ODD : Les précisions du maire de ngayene sabakh de kaolack
Ngayene Senegal 2007
May 2007 -- Research Retreat at Ngayene, Senegal.
The Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project aims to investigate the structure and dynamics of the cultural landscape along the Petit-Bao Bolong Drainage in South Central Senegal. The site contains Megalithic stones of various sizes spread on large cemeteries dating from the late second millennium BC to the mid-second millennium AD. The archaeological research conducted by Prof. Holl, an archaeologist born in Cameroon, and current curator of the University of Michigan's archaeological museum is presenting new theories on how the ancient Senegalese perform rituals and buried their dead. The evidence Prof. Holl collected from the monuments (skeletal and metal data) indicates not a primary, but a secondary burial culture. His research aims at casting further light on a culture where prestigious families re-buried their dead in a manner that resembles the practice of erecting halls of fame. Together with his colleague from the Sorbonne, Dr Hamady Bocoum, director of Senegal's Cultural Heritage and National Patrimony, they are working to preserve and investigate further the Sine Ngayene site.
Professor Holl invited me to join his excavation. I witnessed and took photographs of the digging and the careful removal of ancient ceramics. Skeletons emerged from the dry earth which were carefully cleaned while pages of data were written down. I gathered much visual information which was expanded during lively debates with the professor and his students during the long dark nights -- there was no electricity at the site. The megaliths, the extraordinary dryness of the land, the heat, the villagers' way of life and the 8-hour jeep-journey across Senegal provided me with a portfolio of images that are key references from which I am working at present along with the material obtained in Catalhöyük.
Credits for the music:
Djembe Drumming
.Mariama (Senegal)
.Nabou
.Joddla Med Siv - Kaj är gaj
.African - djembè (senegal) - vari - africa - 03
.Mohammed - Mojo - (Jingo Beat project)
.Musica africana-senegal - toure kunda - coladera
Sur la piste des mégalithes de Sine Ngayème près de Nioro du Rip ( sénégal )
Difficile à trouver !!!
SANGHAP THIAMENE 7 kilomét à Medina sabakh 8 kilomét à Gayén sabakh
Médina Sabakh - Ngayène Sabakh : Les maires des deux localités exigent la poursuite des travaux
Les maires des localités de Médina Sabakh et de Ngayène Sabakh sont montés au créneau pour réclamer la poursuite des travaux démarrés depuis 2016, sur l'axe Keur Ayib-Diama Moussa par la société Sotracom. Selon Goumba Gaye et Ousmane Gueye, depuis l'inauguration provisoire de la piste le 11 juillet 2017 par le Chef de l'Etat Macky Sall, les travaux sont restés au point mort, occasionnant de nombreux accidents.
Passy Ngayène
Deug Deuggi Saloum Saloum
fil de ndiobel ngayene 2012 n6 par omar gaye
Copy of Babs Vip performing with Danick at Ngayene Sabakh
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Au lendemain d'un mariage à Ngayène Sabakh, certaines femmes se réunissent pour réjouir les dernières heures.
Saloum
was a Serer/Wolof kingdom in present-day Senegal. Its kings may have been of Mandinka/Kaabu origin. The capital of Saloum was the city of Kahone. It was a sister kingdom of Sine. Their history, geography and culture were intricately linked and it was common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum.
Saloum, just like its sister kingdom, is known for its many ancient burial mounds or 'tumuli' containing the graves of kings and others. The kingdom has numerous mysterious stone circles whose functions and history were unknown until recently.
According to Abdou Bouri Ba the Kingdom of Saloum was previously known as Mbey and was renamed Saloum by the Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour in the later part of the 15th century. For several centuries prior to its renaming, its capital was called Ngap. According to Serer oral tradition, it was named after Saalum Suwareh, a marabout of Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour. The tradition went on to say that, Saalum Suwareh agreed to give a juju fetish to Maad Saloum Mbegan Ndour in order to defeat the Toucouleur conqueror and his Muslim marabouts provided he promised to rename the country after him once he is victorious. Mbegan Ndour agreed. After this oral contract, Mbegan Ndour defeated Ali Elibana and drove his Muslim marabout forces out of Saloum and reign over the country. Like the Kingdom of Sine, the population is overrun and ruled by the Serer people. The two are generally referred to as the Serer Kingdoms. Many parts of present-day Gambia were former colonies of the Kingdom of Saloum. Originally, Saloum extended south to the north banks of the Gambia River. Present-day Gambia was referred to as Lower Saloum. Upper Saloum was where modern day Saloum is in Senegal. Saloum also had control for a time the Kingdom of Baol. The States of Sabakh and Sandial were ruled by the Fara Sabakh and Fara Sandial, and were both tributary to the king at Kahone. Around 1862, Sambou Oumanneh Touray, a deciple of Maba Diakhou BA launched a jihad in Sabakh and Sandial. Having defeated the Fara Sabakh and Fara Sandial, he joined the two countries together and ruled it. The last ever Fara Sabakh and Fara Sandial died in that jihad. During the Serer paternal and Guelowar maternal dynasties from the 15th century to 1969, nearly 50 kings have been enthroned. The kings continued to hold their court in Kahone, but the city was eclipsed commercially by neighboring Kaolack.
Portuguese explorers in the 15th century referred to Saloum as the kingdom of Borçalo, after 'Bor-ba-Saloum'.
Although the Kingdom won some major battles against the French, it was later defeated. However, like the Kingdom of Sine, the royal dynasty survived up to 1969, when the last king of Saloum, Fode N'Gouye Joof had died. His year of death corresponded with the death of Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof, who was king of Sine. These two kings were the last Serer kings and the last kings of the Senegambia. After their deaths, both Kingdoms were incorporated into the new Republic of independent Senegal which gained its independence in 1960. Thus the Kingdom of Sine and the Kingdom of Saloum were the last pre-colonial kingdoms of Senegambia to have survived up to the 20th century.
Saloum includes flat, swampy tideland areas inland from the Saloum River delta. In recent years large areas of mangrove growth have been destroyed. There was a flourishing industry of salt-manufacture at the salt flats along the delta. Its economic base was groundnut trade, exporting large quantities of nuts to Europe.
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