Nyamina

Nyamina lies on the north bank of the Niger, upstream from Ségou. A riverside market connected the town with the movement of goods along the Niger and with routes leading north into the Sahel. In the eighteenth century it stood within the sphere of the Bamana kingdom of Ségou. After the death of its ruler Ngolo Diarra, a struggle for succession brought war to the region; Nyamina was sacked in 1794, and the market of Sansanding farther downstream grew in importance.