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Ancient capital of the
Bambara kingdom, headquarters of emblematic leaders : Biton
Coulibaly, N'Golo Diarra and Dah Monzon, conquerred by the Toucouleur
El Hadj
Oumar Tall in 1861, then turned into a provincial
chief town by the French, Segou is nowadays a modern town
and an important crossroads in Intra-West African exchanges.
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