Megaliths of Senegambia

~3rd century BC – 16th century · Kaolack

Between the 3rd century BC and the 16th century, a people raised circles of giant stones along the Gambia River to honour their dead. Over a thousand of them survive today. UNESCO inscribed them on the World Heritage list in 2006 — among the most remarkable testimonies of the ancient civilisations of West Africa.

Sources

• Persée — Holl & Bocoum, « Les Traditions mégalithiques de Sénégambie » (Bull. Société préhistorique française, 2014)
• Ministère de la Culture du Sénégal — les mégalithes

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