"Organisation administrative de la ville de Bamako. Liste chronologique des commandants du cercle de 1883 à 1902. Notes sur les chefs de village. Population" (November 1902) in ANM 2 D 132 fonds anciens.
	© 1999 by Jim Jones, Ph.D.

• The Section Dionké Niaré is located behind the Deves et Chaumont store. It includes the rues Monteil, Hourst, Pillet, Rougier and the Boulevard du Commerce . The population includes 413 Sarakolé fetichists under Dionké Niaré, who became their leader in September 1898 when his brother Batigui Niaré died. Before this, he was the chef de village de Sikoro . He is old and so blind that he needs a guide to get around. The French would prefer to replace him with a younger brother, but local custom forbade it. He has relatively little influence on the residents of his section.

• The Section de Maures 1 is located between the livestock market ("marché á bestiaux") and the rues Gallieni and Frey. The population includes 1484 Moors from Touat (oasis in the Algerian Sahara) under Abdoul Gafaro Touré. Touré took over in 1896. He is a non- practicing Muslim who was more hostile than friendly to the French. He was the uncontested chief of Bamako. He operates as a merchant.

• The Section des Maures 2 is located behind the SCOA building between the rues Hourst, Pillet and Faidherbe, including the market. 568 Muslims under Madani Touré (took office 1896) from a Tombouctou family resident in Bamako for about two centuries. Touré prays but doesn't know the Koran, is blind and has relatively little influence. He should be replaced by his brother Bala Agui or by one of his sons. He still engages in a little commerce, but complains that he did better before the French arrived.

• The Section des Ouloffs is located behind the concession Jean Grilhaus (NOTE: This appears to have been the building that housed the Editions Populaires du Mali building in 1992) around the rues Mage, Lenoir and Trentinian. The population includes 220 Tukolor Muslims led by Bo Diallo since 1897. Diallo served with Colonle Archinard at Nioro, Segou and Bissandougou as chef porteur . He also served as chef courier under Dr. Tautain in 1897, but was recently fired for drunkeness. As chef de section des Ouloffs , he had little authority and was unable to carry out the collection of taxes.

• The Section des anciens tirailleurs is located to the left (north) of the Route de Koulikoro as far as the Village de Liberté. It includes 152 Bambara Muslims under Massa Diara (who replaced Moussa Sidibé in 1902). Diara is an ex-soldier who served under Humbert, Archinard, Combes, etc. He understands a little French, was highly motivated, but needed to convince other tirailleurs to move into his section from their homesteads in the "champs de culture" (farm land) outside of town.

• The Section de Banankadougou is located along the rue Giliam on the site of the former Village de Liberté , which was moved when government order n°558 of December 1899 ordered people from Banan (cercle de Bougouni) to move to Bamako. The population includes 150 Bougouni Sarakolé under Bogoba Taraoré. Taraoré is a former slave who was freed at St. Louis, worked as a domestic for four years and then became chef de village de liberté in 1894. He became chef de section in 1899. He was honest, intelligent and cooperative.

• The Section de Dikoroni is located on the right bank of the Niger River across from Bamako. Its population includes 80 Muslim Peul Wassulonké under Laë Diakité, who assumed his position in 1894. Diakité is a former slave from Cayor (Senegal) who served as a tirailleur auxiliaire from 1881-1892 and finished as a sergeant. He served under Frey, Combes and Archinard. He was a commisaire de police from 1895-1897, then served as an "interprˆte du cercle." He spoke French well and had a good deal of authority in his section. He won a "maitre d'honneur" for his military service.

• There are several smaller settlements outside of town that contained tirailleurs libèrés (retired African soldiers) and Dioulas Ouassulonkés (traders from southeast of Segou).
  • Kolénédala: 63 people under Mody Taraoré.
  • Diéguemoussabougou (village of the wives of Diégué): 42 people
  • Korokobougou: 38 forgerons turned Diolas
  • Diéfarnabougou: 20 refugees from Diéfarna, village du cercle de Bougouni

The total population of these 8 large and 4 small sections is 3310 people. Since the total population of Bamako is 3800, this suggests that there were 490 non-Africans in Bamako in 1902.