Baro is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and
sub-prefecture in the
Kouroussa Prefecture
Kouroussa is a prefecture located in the Kankan Region of Guinea. The capital is Kouroussa. The prefecture covers an area of 14,050 km.² and has a population of 268,630. With Kouroussa town by far the largest in the Prefecture numbering o ...
,
Kankan Region
The Kankan region now has more than 6,167,904 inhabitants (2021) the most popular region of Guinea The region has five (5) prefectures (Kankan, Kérouané, Kouroussa, Mandiana and Siguiri), 53 sub-prefectures, 5 urban communes, 53 rural commun ...
, of eastern-central
Guinea. As of 2014 it had a population of 15,578 people.
Baro is the ancestral home of the President of Guinea,
Alpha Condé
Alpha Condé (N'Ko: ; born 4 March 1938) is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021.
Condé spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against President L ...
. The President's parents were born in Baro. The family later moved to Boke where Alpha Condé was born. The grande celebration of traditional festival called Fête de la Mare: Marsh Festival (Dahlamon in Mandinka)
is held in Baro every year on the eve of the first rain. The festival attracts thousands of visitors each year.
Two documentaries by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg show life in Baro. ''FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm)'' shows the importance of rhythm (foli) in everyday life and shows dancing. ''Kasa!'' shows ritual related to farming.
References
Sub-prefectures of the Kankan Region
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