[2] According to oral histories, the first Mandinka immigrants to the Gambia area, the Fati clan, settled in Tumana near Basse.

They subsequently acted as hosts and/or agents for future migrants, potentially including Tiramakhan Traore.

Basse was at this point a hub in regional trade networks bringing kola nuts and Guinea pepper north from what is now Guinea-Bissau and salt and salted fish up the river from the coast.

[3] A bridge over the Gambia river, funded by the Chinese government, opened in October 2021.

[4] Basse Santa Su has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), almost dry enough to be a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) with almost no rainfall from November to May and heavy rainfall from June to October.