Fugumba

It was about 30 miles (48 km) to the northwest of the secular capital, Timbo, and lay in the valley of the Téné River.

[1] Fugomba was a place where marabouts and chiefs of the Fula people gathered to read and discuss the Quran.

It was here that the decision to launch a holy war against the infidels was decided in 1725, and here that Karamokho Alfa was chosen to lead the jihad.

[2] In 1762 the king of Sankaran, Konde Burama, attacked the new formed state and was only with difficulty prevented from taking Fugumba.

Fugumba had perhaps a thousand huts, and became the place where the newly chosen rulers of Futa-Jallon came to be consecrated.