Kabrousse (also spelled Cabrousse) is a village in the rural community of Diembéring, Oussouye, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal. It is a coastal village located a few kilometers south of Cap Skirring. In a straight line, it is the closest place in Africa to South America (2,841 km from Touros, Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil). About 2 km southeast of Kabrousse is the international border with Guinea-Bissau.

Kabrousse
Cabrousse
Town
Kabrousse is located in Senegal
Kabrousse
Kabrousse
Coordinates: 12°21′20″N 16°43′14″W / 12.35556°N 16.72056°W / 12.35556; -16.72056
CountrySenegal
RegionZiguinchor
DepartmentOussouye
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 • Total1,352

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Notable inhabitants

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Aline Sitoe Diatta, the leader of a resistance movement against French West Africa, was born in Nialou in 1920.[1]

Bibliography

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  • Jean Girard (1969). Genèse du pouvoir charismatique en Basse-Casamance, Sénégal (in French). Dakar: IFAN. p. 364.
  • Schwarz-Bart, Simone; Schwarz-Bart, André; Rejouis, Rose-Myriam (2003). In Praise of Black Women: Modern African women. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-17270-1.

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