Godala

The Godala is a Berber tribe in Northern Africa that lived along the Atlantic coast [1] in present day Mauritania [2] and participated in the Saharan salt trade [3] and the salt mines of Ijiil. The Godala may be linked to or the same as the ancient Gaetuli tribe of Berbers .[4]

According to a 1985 study of West African history,[5] the area along both sides of the mouth of the Senegal River was controlled by the Godala group of Berbers. They mined the Awlil salt deposits along the coast just north of the mouth of the Senegal, and controlled a coastal trade route that linked southern Morocco. Godala territory bordered that of Takrur, and Godala caravans traded salt mined at Awlil along the north bank of the Senegal.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ki-Zerbo, Joseph (1997-01-01). Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century. University of California Press. p. 62. ISBN 9780520066991.
  2. ↑ Niane, Djibril Tamsir; Africa, Unesco International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of (1984-01-01). Vol. IV: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century. Heineman. p. 154. ISBN 9789231017100.
  3. ↑ Niane, Djibril Tamsir; Africa, Unesco International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of (1984-01-01). Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century. UNESCO. p. 154. ISBN 9789231017100.
  4. ↑ Africanus, Leo; Brown, Robert; Pory, John (2010-06-03). The History and Description of Africa: And of the Notable Things Therein Contained. Cambridge University Press. p. 366. ISBN 9781108012898.
  5. 1 2 "Western Africa to c1860 A.D. A provisuanal historical schema based on climate periods" (PDF). Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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