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In the 1770s, the exile of Mamafing and his brother M'Bemba Alpha Kabiné Kaba in Fouta Djallon had lasted seven years. It was in recognition of the hospitality of Karamoko Alpha and Ibrahima Mawdo during his exile that M'Bemba Alpha Kabiné gave the names of the two capitals of Fouta, Timbo and Foumban, to two districts of Kankan.