Niéna

Niéna lies in the Ganadougou country of southern Mali, amid farming villages and pasture. Local tradition traces its origins to a Fulbe herder, Boubou Diallo, who came into a region inhabited by Bamana communities and married a Bamana woman. His descendant Ouéfa Diallo is remembered as the founder of Aniéna, later called Niéna. The Diallo family became associated with the leadership of the village, whose story joins the histories of pastoralists and cultivators in the southern savanna.