Tivaouane

Tivaouane lies in the inland country of Cayor, between the Senegal River and the Atlantic coast. Cayor was one of the kingdoms linked to Jolof, whose ruler bore the title buurba. In the sixteenth century Cayor broke away; its rulers, known as damels, governed a kingdom with access to the coastal trading places. The region’s villages and agricultural lands formed part of a wider network of Wolof states and their neighbours.