Fouta Djallon

American  

[foo-tuh juh-lohn, foo-tai dja-lawn] / ˈfu tə dʒəˈloʊn, fuˈtɛə ddʒa lɔ̃ /

Or Futa Jallon

noun

1. a highland pastoral region in West Africa, in central Guinea, also in Sierra Leone and Liberia. 30,000 sq. mi. (77,700 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

Photographer Jason Florio and his wife Helen spent three months following the course of the River Gambia from its source in the remote Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea, through Senegal and The Gambia.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2013

This grass-roots democracy was something new to French Africa, and in the hidebound Moslem region of Fouta Djallon even some women got elected.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leaving Bandeia, Mollien entered Fouta Djallon, and reached the sources of the Gambia and the Rio Grande, which are in close proximity.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.

He speaks favourably of the Foulahs and the people of Fouta Djallon, whose rich and fertile country he crossed.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.