Séguéla

Séguéla lies in the Worodougou country of northwestern Côte d’Ivoire, between the northern savanna and the forest to the south. Local tradition associates its foundation with the Keita after the dispersal of people from the old Mandé world. The town is a centre of Koyaka communities, whose traditions include distinctive ceremonies. Mandé-speaking traders and scholars linked this inland region with towns farther north and the forest country to the south.