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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
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File: Fortier 1093 Sarafere Mali.jpg, Two women


References

Populated places in Tombouctou Region {{Tombouctou-geo-stub