Guémé Sangan

Guémé Sangan lies in the western hills of Futa Jalon, a country of wooded slopes and valleys. Here tradition places a fortress of Koli Tenguella, the Fulbe leader whose campaigns carried him from the highlands towards the Senegal valley. Stone remains are associated with the stronghold, recalling a period when rival powers contested the lands between the upper rivers and the Atlantic coast. Koli went on to establish the Denianke dynasty in Futa Toro, far to the north of this highland refuge.