History
As the capital of Solimana, Falaba was a fortress town on the rich slave-trading routes to the western coast of Africa. It was visited in 1822 by Alexander Gordon Laing, and in 1869 by William Winwood Reade; and was thus deemed nominally British. In 1884, Mandinka conquerorDestruction
Reports indicate that fighting in Falaba during theR.M.S. ''Falaba''
The British R.M.S. ''Falaba'', a West African steamship, was hit and sunk by aReferences
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