Soungrougrou River

Last updated February 23, 2019

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]

The Casamance River flows westward for the most part into the Atlantic Ocean along a path about 200 miles (320 km) in length. However, only 80 miles (130 km) of it are navigable. The Casamance is the principal river of the Kolda, Sédhiou, and Ziguinchor Regions in the southern portion of Senegal between the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. The three regions are also collectively known as Casamance after the river.

Adéane is a small town and rural community in Senegal. It has a population of 2115 people according to the 2002 census. It lies on the southern bank of the Casamance River, opposite where the Soungrougrou River joins the Casamance, in close proximity to the Bissine Forest. It lies along the N6 highway, connecting it to Ziguinchor and Kolda.

The Jola are an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. There are great numbers on the Atlantic coast between the southern banks of the Gambia River, the Casamance region of Senegal and the northern part of Guinea-Bissau.In the 1880s the Jolas were engaged in palm wine tapping in Bathurst. By the end of the 19th century some Jola had moved to producing groundnuts as a cash crop and during the Second World War had expanded greatly. They also reared livestock and produced other crops including sweet potatoes, yams and watermelon. The Jola language is distinct from the Dioula language of the Dioula (Dyoula) Mande people of the Gambia, Upper Niger and the Kong highlands of Burkina Faso.

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References

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

Coordinates: 12°41′54″N16°01′04″W / 12.6984°N 16.0178°W / 12.6984; -16.0178

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[Mark2002-1] Mark, Peter (2002). "Portuguese" Style and Luso-African Identity: Precolonial Senegambia, Sixteenth-nineteenth Centuries. Indiana University Press. p. 101. ISBN 0-253-21552-8.

[Olson1996-2] Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.

[Gadjigo2010-3] Gadjigo, Samba (6 May 2010). Ousmane SembÃ ̈ne: The Making of a Militant Artist. Indiana University Press. p. 171. ISBN 0-253-00426-8.