Mansila

Mansila lies in the dry Sahelian country of Yagha, south of the Niger bend. The surrounding plains are crossed by seasonal watercourses that fill during the rains and leave pasture for herds. Farming communities and pastoralists share this landscape, where settlements are separated by long stretches of sparsely wooded land. Yagha was home to a local emirate, part of the network of chiefly and Muslim authorities that shaped the history of the eastern Sahel.