Group

Lebou people

Nation Active 1350 CE – 2215 CE

The Lebou (Lébou) are an ethnic group of Senegal, West Africa, living on the peninsula of Cap-Vert.

The Lebou are primarily a fishing community, but they have a substantial business in construction supplies.

They speak Wolof.

Their political and spiritual capital is at Layene, situated in the Yoff neighborhood of northern Dakar.

They have a religious sect and theocracy, the Layene, headquartered there.

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