Sanekuy

Sanekuy lies in the Bwa country south of the inland Niger delta. Its name recalls Sanibè Dembélé, remembered as the first inhabitant; kuy means a village or quarter in the local Bomu language. According to village tradition, the founding Dembélé family came from Konikuy as hunters, and other families joined them over time. The village’s history is preserved in the names of its lineages and in the farming settlements that grew around it.