Bondoukou, Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast

Bondoukou, Ivory Coast connects to 1401 places across 11 topics through 19 Bunkabop connections, anchored in governance, history, and religion. It sits at the southern end of the trans-Saharan trade route from Djenné and Timbuktu, where the Wangara established an Islamic center on the forest fringe. In the 18th century, the Asante learned strip weaving from Bondoukou through trade. During the Ivorian Civil War, it served as the main north-eastern base of the UN peacekeeping operation. Many of its connections are shared with Ghana, France, and Abidjan.