Fugumba was the religious center of the Imamate of Futa Jallon . It was about 30 miles (48 km) to the northwest of the secular capital, Timbo , and lay in the valley of the Téné River.
2-550: 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 . In 1762 the king of Sankaran, Konde Burama, attacked the new formed state and was only with difficulty prevented from taking Fugumba. The forces of Ibrahima Sory did not remove
4-577: The threat from Sankaran until 1776. The Council of Elders of the Futa Jallon state were based in Fugumba, acting as a brake on the Almami , who headed the state. The Fulani built a large conical mosque in Fugumba, the first in the region. Fugumba had perhaps a thousand huts, and became the place where the newly chosen rulers of Futa-Jallon came to be consecrated. It was a center of Islamic learning. In
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