Kaolack
Kaolack is situated on the Saloum River about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from its mouth. It is the successor city to Kahone, historic capital of the kingdom of Saloum. Kahone, originally a place marked by a sacred tree on the right bank of the Saloum River facing the island of Kouyong, became capital of the mostly Serer kingdom of Saloum in the early 16th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries it consisted of a number of distinct neighborhoods separated by open fields, each of which was under the jurisdiction of a different dignitary or official. One of these wards, Kaolack, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) downriver, was founded by three brothers of fulani origin from Macina in today's Mali ( Sega , Mboutou and Massar Sow. The Mboutou family house still stand in the middle of the town centre. Mboutou Sow's daughter Ramatoulaye ( Rahmat'oullah) was given in marriage to the son of Ahmadou Bamamba Mbacke. Hence the saying Kaolack worrou Mboutou ( kaoalck mboutou's fiefdom).
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