The blade is suggestive of a koummya, as is the pommel, albeit a very schematic representation of the Moroccan prototype.
The brass pommel cap or finial looks something like those on many Manding swords. Perhaps the source is to the south, perhaps Mali, where a lot of Tuareg weapons were produced, but near enough to Moroccan and Mandingo influences (there are Mandingoes in Mali, for example)?
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