5025 x 3350 px | 42,5 x 28,4 cm | 16,8 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
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Illustrated travels a record of discovery geography and adventure edited by h w bates assistant secretary of the royal geographical society with engravings from original drawings by celebrated artists cassell petter and & galpin London paris new york. Segou has contested origins. Some claim that the word Segou come from “Sikoro, ” meaning to the foot of a shea butter tree. Others argue that it was named after Cheikou, a marabout who founded the city, while other theories support the claim that Segou was founded by the Bozo fishermen coming from the north, who established their villages along the Niger River. The eleventh century CE saw an influx of the Soninke who were trying to escape from the expansion of the Ghana Empire, with Mandinga populations following. It is believed that it Kaladjan Koulibaly, founder of the Bambara Kingdom's Koulibaly dynasty established the first sedentary villages here at his time. The later Diarra dynasty moved the capital of the Bambara Kingdom to Segou. Segou Koro is located at about fifteen kilometres from Segou, on the road to Bamako. Segou Koro was created by the founder of the Bambara dynasty. During the 1600s, Bambara coming from Djenné, lead by Kaladjan Koulibaly settled down along the Niger River. Danfassari, Koulibaly’s son continued his father’s work by building his city there. After Koulibaly’s death, his eldest grandson Mamari also known as Biton, ruled the city and made it flourish. Nowadays the town pretty much conserves the tradition and architecture of the ancient city.The Bambaras from Djenne with Kaladjan Koulibaly, established their nation along the Niger River, and founded the town of Ségou-Koro, the capital of the Bambara state. Bortolot (2003) says that Segou evolved from a simple social structure, characterized by hunting and farming, to a more complex city dominated by a dynasty system. One of Koulibaly’s descendants, Mamary Coulibaly, became the chief of the Bi-Ton, and later took the name Biton.
