Bassari Country is a cultural landscape in southeastern Senegal that demonstrates integrated settlement, agricultural, and spiritual systems developed by three distinct ethnic groups across more than a millennium. The protected area encompasses approximately 50,309 hectares across three discrete zones—Bassari–Salémata, Bedik–Bandafassi, and Fula–Dindéfello—in the northern foothills of the Fouta Djallon massif ...