Saraféré is a village and seat of the
commune of Fittouga in the
Cercle of Niafunke in the
Tombouctou Region of
Mali.
The village lies on the Barra-Issa, the smaller and more easterly branch of the
Niger River in the
Inner Niger Delta.
Visit by Edmond Fortier
The French photographer,
Edmond Fortier
Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier (April 10, 1849 – June 27, 1921) was a Canadian politician.
Born in St-Gervais, Bellechasse County, Canada East, the son of Octave-Cyrille Fortier, a Quebec politician, and Henriette-Émilie Ruel, Fortier w ...
, visited the village in 1905-1906 and published a series of postcards.
File: Fortier 354 Sarafere Mali.jpg, View of the village
File: Fortier 355 Sarafere Mali.jpg, Street market
File: Fortier 1082 Sarafere Mali.jpg, Building a pirogue
A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and native canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish , which comes from the Carib '. Description
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File: Fortier 1093 Sarafere Mali.jpg, Two women
References
Populated places in Tombouctou Region
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