Lambidou is a rural commune and village in the Cercle of Diéma in the Kayes Region of western Mali. As well as the main village (chef-lieu) of Lambidou, the commune includes the villages of Singoné, Koumarenga and Kary. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 14,947.
History Lambidou was a stronghold of the Niakhate family, rulers of the Kingdom of Diarra. After they were deposed by the Diawara dynasty, they retreated to Lambidou and ruled it as a Kafo. It was a prominent regional slave market.The Daily Life of Slaves in the Last Years of the Bamana States of Kaarta and Segou, by Moussa Sow, in Lane, Paul, and Kevin C. MacDonald (eds), Slavery in Africa: Archaeology and Memory, Proceedings of the British Academy (London, 2011), https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264782.001.0001.
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