Place Sogolon – This monument has a Buffalo: The buffalo Dô and bears the name of the mother of Sounjata Keita (Sogolon). The epic Mandingo, Dô Kamissoko, Princess of Dô buffalo had turned into terrorising the population. His younger brother, King Sakaran Koné offered to hunters who finally shot (brothers Traoré) to choose among many girls. It brought Sogolon Koné, the ugliest, the sovereign of the Mandé Famaghan Konaté, who made his wife.

Sogolon Koné (the Buffalo Woman), is mother of Soundjata Keita, the Lion King of Mali. She was woman of great power and wisdom as possessed the spirit of the buffalo within her and acquired with togu; a force, neither linked to wealth nor to beauty, it’s something else. Togu is in the heart, in the blood. If someone has good togu, we say he has good blood with people, warm blood. Togu is in the way one speaks. Togu is happiness because it grants love and the admiration of others. Togu always brings fruitfulness.

This monument pays tribute to both Dô Kamissoko for his sacrifice and Sogolon, mother of Sounjata. The frescoes that adorn representative of Malian women in different sectors of activity, are a tribute to the Malian woman of all time.

Place Sogolon located at Kalaban Coura, road from the Bamako-Senou Airport to Bamako city.

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Monument of Hippopotamus – Situated on the Boulevard of Independence, in front of the monument eponymous hippopotamus is in the center of one of the most beautiful legends mandingues, that of Mali Sadio where the animal is presented as a quiet strength and caring.

Hippopotamus is mali in Bambara, the language most spoken in Mali