Mbissel Explained

Mbissel is a village in the west of Sénégal. It is situated in the region of Fatick. The population is overrun by the Serer people.^{[1] [2]}

History

Mbissel was the capital of the first Guelowar king of Sine - Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh commonly known as Maysa Wali Jon. Maysa Wali made it his capital in the 14th century.^[3]

The area just like the whole of Sine and Saloum has many historical monuments.^[4] The traditional site of the tomb of Maysa Wali is located in Mbissel.^[5]

See also

• Kingdom of Sine
• Kingdom of Saloum
• Serer people
• Maat Sine Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof (King of Sine 1853 - 1871)
• Guelowar
• Serer religion
• Mossane, a 1996 film directed by Safi Faye

External links

• Senegal culture
• Mbissel, the site of PEPAM

14.1458°N -16.7431°W

Notes and References

1. Dennis Charles Galvan. The state must be our master of fire: how peasants craft sustainable development in Senegal. University of California Press, 2004. . p 54
2. Web site: Mbissel, the site of PEPAM . 2011-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401192508/http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?idloc=09122009 . 2012-04-01 . dead .
3. M. Gueye, Les Guélowares et le Sine, Éthiopiques (revue), n° 28, p. 174-181, 1982.
4. Senegal, Ministry of Culture Department
5. Jean-Marc Gastellu. L'égalitarisme économique des Serer du Sénégal. p303. IRD Editions, 1981