Bantaba means " the meeting place." It is the tribal language of Mandinka and Wollof for the place where the elders of the village would meet at a tree to discuss and debate on all village matters. This is still the case in remote villages.
Usually, this tree would be a very big spreading tree, like the Baobab tree, this tree is totally usable,from roots to all the rest of it.The leaves and roots are used for medicine, the skin of the trunk and branches is used to make rope/twine.The fruits for eating. A very famous African tree!
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