- Siby
Siby is a rural municipality in
Mali . It is located in the Cercle ofKati in theKoulikoro Region , 50 km from Mali's capitalBamako . The municipality of Siby has a population of 18.983 inhabitants.Geography
The village of Siby, composed of five quartiers, is located on the plain at the side of the Mandigues Mountains.
History
The Mandé village of Siby was founded in the
Middle Ages by ancestors of theCamara .According to
Sundiata Keita , the king of Siby,Kamandjan Kamara , whom Sundiata Keita knew from childhood, brought the kings of the tribes allied againstSoumaoro Kanté , king of theSosso , together at Siby.The troops of Sundiata Keita had just won two battles against the Sossos at Negueboria in the Bouré and at Kangigné. In Siby, all the allied kings found themselves gathered around Sundiata Keita: Kamandjan Kamara, king of Siby, his cousin Tabon wana Fran Kamara, king of the Camara
blacksmith s, Siara Kouman Diabaté, Faony Diarra Kondé, king of the country of Do, the country of Sogolon and the mother of Sundiata, Mansa Traoré. After a few days of rest, the allies went to Kirina where the decisive battle against Soumaoro Kanté took place.On the top of the mountain, an arch, from where one has a splendid sight on the surrounding plain, is dug in the rock. According to legend, it was Kamandjan Kamara who transpierced the mountain with his sabre the day before the departure, during an evening where BallaFasséké asked each king present if he was able to do so.
References
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Djibril Tamsir Niane , "Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue",Présence africaine ,Paris ,1960 .See also
The city cooperates with
Ramonville Saint Agne , France.The first two editions of the
Forum des peuples were held in Siby in2002 and2003 .
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