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]'''Biffeche''' or '''Bifeche''' is an area of ] centred on the town of Savoigne, some 20 miles north-east of the major coastal city of ]. |
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]'''Biffeche''' or '''Bifeche''' is an area of ] centred on the town of Savoigne, some 20 miles north-east of the major coastal city of ]. |
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Low-lying and largely flat, the region has ],<ref>In {{lang-fr|Peul ''or'' Peulh}}; in {{lang-ff|Fulɓe}}.</ref> ] (the original founders of Biffeche, the Mt Rolland etc., thousands of years ago, and strong adherents to ]<ref>], "La civilisation Sereer - ''Cosaan'' : les origines, vol.1, pp 140-146, Nouvelles Editions ]ines, 1983, ISBN 2723608778</ref><ref name="Ndut1"> For more about the ], see : ], "Sagesse ]: Essais sur la pensée ]", </ref><ref>Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in ], ]" 1847-1914, pp vii-5, ], (1968), ISBN 85224 029 5</ref><ref>] in </ref>, even after the ] and ] tried to kill them off<ref>Becker, Charles, "Les Serer Ndut: Études sur les mutations sociales et religieuses", Microéditions Hachette (1974)</ref><ref name="Ndut">Echenberg, Myron J, "Black death, white medicine: bubonic plague and the politics of public health in colonial Senegal, 1914-1945", pp 141-146, Heinemann (2002), ISBN 0325070172, </ref>), ] and ] ethnic groups engaged in pasturing animals (mainly the Fulas) and irrigation-based agriculture (mostly the Serer-Ndut who are usually mixed-farmers<ref name="Ndut"/>). Savoigne is the region's largest town, twinned with ]; its SOCAS tomato-paste factory imports and dilutes tomato paste for re-shipment within Senegal. The population is primarily ], but also contains ] and ]. The ] is located to the north. |
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Low-lying and largely flat, the region has ],<ref>In {{lang-fr|Peul ''or'' Peulh}}; in {{lang-ff|Fulɓe}}.</ref> ] (the original founders of Biffeche, the Mt Rolland etc., thousands of years ago, and strong adherents to ],<ref>], "La civilisation Sereer - ''Cosaan'' : les origines, vol.1, pp 140-146, Nouvelles Editions ]ines, 1983, ISBN 2723608778</ref><ref name="Ndut1">For more about the ], see : ], "Sagesse ]: Essais sur la pensée ]", </ref><ref>Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in ], ]" 1847-1914, pp vii-5, ], (1968), ISBN 85224 029 5</ref><ref>] in </ref> even after the ] and ] tried to kill them off<ref>Becker, Charles, "Les Serer Ndut: Études sur les mutations sociales et religieuses", Microéditions Hachette (1974)</ref><ref name="Ndut">Echenberg, Myron J, "Black death, white medicine: bubonic plague and the politics of public health in colonial Senegal, 1914-1945", pp 141-146, Heinemann (2002), ISBN 0325070172,</ref>), ] and ] ethnic groups engaged in pasturing animals (mainly the Fulas) and irrigation-based agriculture (mostly the Serer-Ndut who are usually mixed-farmers<ref name="Ndut"/>). Savoigne is the region's largest town, twinned with ]; its SOCAS tomato-paste factory imports and dilutes tomato paste for re-shipment within Senegal. The population is primarily ], but also contains ] and ]. The ] is located to the north. |
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Early European accounts used the word for a different location, describing a medium-sized island (''Isle de Bifeche'') in the delta of the ] in ], some two miles upstream from the island of N'Dar on which Saint-Louis was founded. ''The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'' described the island in 1843 as being "entirely covered with wood, and in the wet season a great portion of them is laid under water." |
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Early European accounts used the word for a different location, describing a medium-sized island (''Isle de Bifeche'') in the delta of the ] in ], some two miles upstream from the island of N'Dar on which Saint-Louis was founded. ''The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'' described the island in 1843 as being "entirely covered with wood, and in the wet season a great portion of them is laid under water." |
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*Barry, Boubacar. ''Le royaume du Waalo - Le Senegal avant la conquete''. Karthala, 1985. |
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*Barry, Boubacar. ''Le royaume du Waalo - Le Senegal avant la conquete''. Karthala, 1985. |
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*Thilmans, Guy. Bull. ''Les planches sénégalaises et mauritaniennes des “Atlas Vingboons” '', G. ], B. t. 37.1 (1975): 106-109. |
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*Thilmans, Guy. Bull. ''Les planches sénégalaises et mauritaniennes des “Atlas Vingboons” '', G. ], B. t. 37.1 (1975): 106-109. |
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*], "La civilisation Sereer - Cosaan : les origines, vol.1, pp 140-146, Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1983, ISBN 2723608778 |
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*], "La civilisation Sereer - Cosaan : les origines, vol.1, pp 140-146, Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1983, ISBN 2723608778 |
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*Echenberg, Myron J, "Black death, white medicine: bubonic plague and the politics of public health in colonial Senegal, 1914-1945", pp 141-146, Heinemann (2002), ISBN 0325070172 |
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*Echenberg, Myron J, "Black death, white medicine: bubonic plague and the politics of public health in colonial Senegal, 1914-1945", pp 141–146, Heinemann (2002), ISBN 0325070172 |
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*Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal, Sine-Saloum", pp VII-5, Edinburgh University Press, (1968), ISBN 85224 029 5 |
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*Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal, Sine-Saloum", pp VII-5, Edinburgh University Press, (1968), ISBN 85224 029 5 |
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*], "Sagesse ]: Essais sur la pensée ]", |
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*], "Sagesse ]: Essais sur la pensée ]", |
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*Becker, Charles, "Les Serer Ndut: Études sur les mutations sociales et religieuses", Microéditions Hachette (1974) |
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*Becker, Charles, "Les Serer Ndut: Études sur les mutations sociales et religieuses", Microéditions Hachette (1974) |
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Early European accounts used the word for a different location, describing a medium-sized island (Isle de Bifeche) in the delta of the Senegal River in West Africa, some two miles upstream from the island of N'Dar on which Saint-Louis was founded. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge described the island in 1843 as being "entirely covered with wood, and in the wet season a great portion of them is laid under water."
