Soungrougrou River

The Soungrougrou is a river of Senegal. It is a tributary of the Casamance River, and joins the river at Adéane. The river passes north from the Casamance, stretching to Vintang-Geregia. During the 19th century it was used by cotton traders, though the trading centres along the river were later abandoned.[1] The river is inhabited by the Jola people, half of whom are Muslims.[2] The small town of Marsassoum lies on the bank of the Soungrougrou.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mark, Peter (2002). "Portuguese" Style and Luso-African Identity: Precolonial Senegambia, Sixteenth-nineteenth Centuries. Indiana University Press. p. 101. ISBN 0-253-21552-8.
  2. ↑ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
  3. ↑ Gadjigo, Samba (6 May 2010). Ousmane Sembà ̈ne: The Making of a Militant Artist. Indiana University Press. p. 171. ISBN 0-253-00426-8.

Coordinates: 12°41′54″N 16°01′04″W / 12.6984°N 16.0178°W / 12.6984; -16.0178


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