[16] Tobacco was introduced around 1600 by French retailers in what right now is modern-day-day The Gambia and Senegal. At the same time caravans from Morocco introduced tobacco towards the places all over Timbuktu along with the Portuguese introduced the commodity (as well as the plant) to southern Africa, https://nmate02356.theideasblog.com/34202216/the-5-second-trick-for-tabacco