Tourougoumbé

Tourougoumbé lies in the Kaarta country of the western Sahel, among sandy plains and farming villages. The wider region was home to a Bamana kingdom founded by rulers whose traditions linked them to Ségou. Kaarta grew into a rival power in the lands between the Senegal and Niger basins. Its communities combined cultivation with livestock keeping, and routes through the region connected the southern savanna with the drier country towards the Sahara.