Fandène

Fandène is a Serer settlement near the Thiès plateau in western Senegal. Its surrounding country combines savanna, palms and baobabs with cultivated land. Local history places the village within the precolonial kingdom of Siin, whose rulers held authority over Serer communities between the interior and the Atlantic coast. The region lay near neighbouring Wolof kingdoms as well, forming part of a politically and culturally varied landscape.