Moudéry

Moudéry stands beside the Senegal River, northwest of Diawara in the country of Galam. Its founding is associated with the Ndiaye, a Wolof clan that came from Jolof during the succession wars of the sixteenth century. The Ndiaye became the leading family of the village and held its chieftaincy. Along this stretch of the river, farming settlements stood close to the waters while pastoral communities occupied the drier country beyond the valley.