Africa and its inhabitants . Niger. The government of the whole country, formerly tributary to Segu, but BAMAKU. 295 now protected by France, is in the hands of four powerful families, whosemembers deliberate in common. East of the Joliba the chief market for slaves andgold-dust is Kankare, some 60 miles from the banks of the river. Kaniera, 24 milessouth-east of Falaba, formerly very large and very rich, was destroyed iu1882 by the army of Samory just four days before the arrival of a Frenchdetachment sent to its relief. The Mandingan state, also now a French protectorate, has some flourishin
Africa and its inhabitants . Niger. The government of the whole country, formerly tributary to Segu, but BAMAKU. 295 now protected by France, is in the hands of four powerful families, whosemembers deliberate in common. East of the Joliba the chief market for slaves andgold-dust is Kankare, some 60 miles from the banks of the river. Kaniera, 24 milessouth-east of Falaba, formerly very large and very rich, was destroyed iu1882 by the army of Samory just four days before the arrival of a Frenchdetachment sent to its relief. The Mandingan state, also now a French protectorate, has some flourishingplaces on the left bank of the Joliba and in the interior on the waterparting betweenthe Niger and Senegal basins. Such are Kfiiif/abfi, on the Joliba, and Sihi on a blullrising above an extensive alluvial plain to the west. Bamaku (Bamako), formerlya populous trading-place much frequented in the time of Mungo Park, has again Fig. 136.—Bajiaki-. SciUe I : 100, .011 BAMAKU^ _
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