Kita

Kita lies beneath the rocky heights of Kita Kourou in the western Manding country. The hill is a prominent landmark and a sacred place in local tradition, surrounded by stories of the origins of the people who settled beneath it. Kita belongs to the region between the upper Senegal and Niger basins, where Manding communities established villages and preserved their histories through oral accounts. The town and its hill have long been associated in the memory of the surrounding country.