Konyan is a historical region located in the Nzérékoré Region of Guinea. Its main town is Beyla. It is a high broad plateau at the edge of the kola zone,[1] and was the birthplace of Samori Ture.[2]
Notes
- ^ Peter J. M. McEwan, Africa from Early Times to 1800 (Oxford U.P., 1968), p. 107.
- ^ Roland Oliver, The Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. 6: From c.940 to c.1975 (Cambridge University Press, 1985; ISBN 0521228034), p. 239.
