Kogin Pongo (Guinea)
| Kogin Pongo | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Height above mean sea level (en) | 2 m |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 10°03′N 14°04′W / 10.05°N 14.07°W |
| Kasa | Gine |
| Territory | Gine |
Kogin Pongo ko Rio Pongo kogi ne da ke kwarara zuwa Tekun Atlantika kusa da Boffa, na kasar Guinea. Tushensa yana cikin Fouta Djallon.[1] Hakanan an san yankin da ake kira "Pongoland" ko "Kasar Bongo".[2] Tun daga shekarar 1992 aka keɓance mashigar.
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Rio Pongo ya zama yanki mai muhimmanci don kafa masana'antu a cikin kasuwancin bayin transatlantic.[3] Sir George Collier ya lissafa sunaye 76 na iyalai da suka yi fataucin bayi a 1820.[4] Ya kasance wakilin Westan Burtaniya na Yammacin Afirka tsakanin 1818 da 1821 kuma saboda haka ya shirya sintiri a kan kogin Pongo da sauran yankunan da ke kewaye da shi.
A cikin adabi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Wani ɓangare na mãkircin littafin tarihin Anthony Adverse - kuma fim ɗin da aka yi shi - an saita shi a kan Kogin Pongo, a cikin shekarun ƙarshe na ƙarni na 18 da farkon shekarun 19. Fitaccen jarumin littafin - saurayi mai kwazo da hazaka - ya zo daga kasar Cuba kuma a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci ya mallaki cinikin bayi a bakin kogin. Yana tara dukiya mai tarin yawa, amma a farashin ƙara lalacewa. A ƙarshe da yake ba shi da lafiya ta hanyar bautar, ya tashi zuwa wasu abubuwan da ke faruwa a wasu nahiyoyi.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "Africans, African Americans, Great Britain and the United States: The Curious History of the Rio Pongo in the Early 19th Century". Black Past.Org. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ See Samuel Crighton's Baptismal entry in the All Saints, Poplar, parish register of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets referring to the baptism of Samuel Crighton, son of William Fernandez, a local Luso-African King.
- ↑ Mouser, Bruce L. (1973). "Trade, Coasters and conflict in the Rio Pongo from 1790 to 1808". The Journal of African History. 14 (1): 45–64. doi:10.1017/s0021853700012160. JSTOR 180776.
- ↑ Mouser, Bruce L. (2016). "Towards a Definition of Transnational as a Family Construct: An Historical and Micro Perspective". In Knörr, Jacqueline; Kohl, Christoph (eds.). The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective. New York: Berghahn Books. pp. 21–39. Retrieved 15 October 2016.