Bouramayah Explained

Bouramayah (Bouramaya) is a village in the Tanéné sub-prefecture, Dubréka Prefecture of Guinea. It is the home village of the family of the former Guinean president General Lansana Conté.[1]

History

The town became the seat of power of the Fernandez Dynasty from the 1780s. In 1885 King William Fernandez received Jean-Marie Bayol, the French lieutenant-governor of Senegal, in charge of the Rivières du Sud region, on an official visit to the town.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aujourdhui-en-guinee.com/fichiers/blog15-999.php?idc=fr_Bouramayah__Alpha_Cond__va_se_recueillir_sur_la_tombe_de_Lans "Bouramayah: Alpha Condé va se recueillir sur la tombe de Lansana Conté" (in French; "Bouramayah: Alpha Condé will say prayers at Lansana Conté grave") by G. Togba, Aujourd'hui en Guinée, 5 August 2010