{{Short description|Village in Senegal}} [[Image:SererMan.jpg|thumb|right| King of Sine Maat Sine Ama Joof Gnilane Faye Joof. Water colour taken in 1850, three years before the King's death]]
'''Mbissel''' is a village in the west of Sénégal. It is situated in the region of Fatick. The population is mostly Serer.<ref>Dennis Charles Galvan. The state must be our master of fire: how peasants craft sustainable development in Senegal. University of California Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-520-23591-6}}. p 54</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?idloc=09122009 |title=Mbissel, the site of PEPAM |access-date=2011-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401192508/http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?idloc=09122009 |archive-date=2012-04-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== History ==
Mbissel was the capital of the first Guelowar king of Sine - Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh commonly known as Maysa Wali Jon. Maysa Wali made it his capital in the 14th century.<ref>M. Gueye, Les Guélowares et le Sine, Éthiopiques (revue), n° 28, p. 174-181, 1982.</ref>
The area just like the whole of Sine and Saloum has many historical monuments.<ref>Senegal, Ministry of Culture Department</ref> The traditional site of the tomb of Maysa Wali is located in Mbissel.<ref>Jean-Marc Gastellu. L'égalitarisme économique des Serer du Sénégal. p303. IRD Editions, 1981</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Senegal}} *Kingdom of Sine *Kingdom of Saloum *Serer people *Maat Sine Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof (King of Sine 1853 - 1871) *Guelowar *Serer religion *''Mossane'', a 1996 film directed by Safi Faye
== Notes == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207094223/http://www.culture.gouv.sn/article.php3?id_article=137 Senegal culture] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120401192508/http://www.pepam.gouv.sn/acces.php?idloc=09122009 Mbissel, the site of PEPAM ]
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Category:Serer country