Kikara

Village in Mopti Region, Mali

15°12′40″N 2°44′49″W / 15.21111°N 2.74694°W / 15.21111; -2.74694Country

MaliRegionMopti RegionCercleDouentza CercleCommuneGandamiaTime zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Kikara (Tondi Songway Kiini: Kî:rá; Fulfulde: Kikkara) is a small village and seat of the commune of Gandamia in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.^[1]

The village lies on the northern slope of the Gandamia Massif (or Dyoundé Massif), an inselberg that rises 750 m above the plain. The massif extends for 60 km in an east-west direction and 10 km north to south.

Bananas, cassava, papaya, tobacco, onion, lettuce, chili pepper, squash are planted in Kikara. The village has a weekly Friday market. Tondi Songway Kiini is the main language of the village, and Fulfulde is also spoken in the region. The local surname is Maiga.^[2]

References

^ Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09.
^ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Kikara". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.