Macenta

Macenta lies in the forested highlands of southeastern Guinea, in a region inhabited by Loma-speaking communities. The hills and valleys form part of the source country of several rivers, and the forests to the south have long supplied kola nuts sought by merchants from the savanna. Northern Mande speakers called the forest region worodugu, the land of kola. Loma communities and their neighbours maintained their own languages and institutions while participating in exchanges that joined the forest to the interior.

The later city of Voinjama lies here.