The Mandé peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of native African ethnic groups who speak Mande languages. Various Mandé-speaking ethnic groups are found...
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The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include...
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Look up mande or Mande in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mande may refer to: Mandé peoples of western Africa Mande languages, their Niger-Congo languages...
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as 2500 BC. By 250 BC, a Mandé subgroup, the Bozo, founded the city of Djenne. Between 300 AD and 1100 AD, the Soninke Mandé dominated the Western Mali...
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population of Soninke people is estimated to be over 2 million. The cultural practices of Soninke people are similar to the Mandé peoples, and those of the...
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This is a list of Mandé peoples of Africa. The predominant countries of each group's residence are shown in bold and are italicised. Manding (whose languages...
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arrival of the Mandé peoples.: 6 In this respect Walter Rodney places them alongside the Landuma people, the Baga people, and the Temne people. The Simo is...
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subgroup of the Mandé peoples and one of the largest ethnic-linguistic groups in Africa. They speak the Manding languages in the Mande language family...
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peoples living on the southern bank of Brahmaputra River, but now refers primarily to those who call themselves A•chik Mande (literally "hill people,"...
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of as a southern extension of the Mandé people who live in what is now Burkina Faso, rather than an intrusive Mandé group that has recently penetrated...
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(plural)) is a Mande ethnic group of south-central Burkina Faso, northeastern Ghana and the northernmost tip of Togo. Their language, Bissa, is a Mande language...
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Other ironworking societies such as the Mandé peoples of Mali and the Bamana exist in West Africa. The Nok people of Nigeria show the art of blacksmiths...
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the farthest reaches of Mandé influence, and the other was the settlement of Mandé-speakers along the West Atlantic coast. Mandé-speakers moved west and...
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The Vai are Mandé peoples that live mostly in Liberia, with a small minority living in south-eastern Sierra Leone. The Vai are known for their indigenous...
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language, one of the Manding languages Mandinka people, a West African ethnic group The Mandé peoples who speak Manding languages: Mandinka, Malinké,...
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Caste systems in Africa (section Mande people)
population of Soninke people is estimated to be over 2 million. The cultural practices of Soninke people are similar to the Mandé peoples, and includes social...
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southwestern Mali. The Yalunka are a branch of the Mandé peoples and are closely related to the Susu people. Some scholars classify the two as one group, The...
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multiethnic country, with a majority of its population consisting of Mandé peoples. Mali's history is dominated by its role in trans-Saharan trade, connecting...
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Music of Mali (redirect from Mande music)
of the ancient Mali Empire of the Mandinka (from c. 1230 to c. 1600). Mande people (Bambara, Mandinka, Soninke) make up around 50% of Mali's population;...
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Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Mande was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Louis Mande, a lawyer...
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to early 17th centuries—lançados started trading with the Susu and Mandé peoples. They lived relatively far inland. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries...
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Ancient history (section Iranian peoples)
inhabitants fished and grew millet. It has been found that the Soninke of the Mandé peoples were responsible for constructing such settlements. Around 300 BC, the...
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such as the Mandingo, Fula and Temne peoples live there too. The Loko belong to the larger group of Mande peoples who live throughout West Africa. The...
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Sahara and Sahel in Northern West Africa, the Nilo-Saharan speakers and Mandé peoples started to collect and domesticate wild millet, African rice and sorghum...
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Mansa (title): "sultan", "king" or "emperor" Mande languages Manding languages Mandinka people Mandé peoples Mandinka at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Maŋ...
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, and were found to have originated from the Soninke branch of the Mandé peoples. Also, based on the archaeology of the city of Kumbi Saleh in modern-day...
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Niger–Congo languages (redirect from Niger–Congo peoples)
languages of the Ijaw people (3 million as of 2011), plus the moribund Defaka language. Mande: languages of the Mandé peoples, estimated at 70 million...
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and engineers. The mano alongside their Dan brothers descend from the Mandé peoples. The Dan are known as the "small brothers" of the Mano. They subsequently...
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The Bozo (Bambara: ߓߏ߬ߛߏ, romanized: Boso) are a Mande ethnic group located predominantly along the Niger River in Mali. The name Bozo is thought to derive...
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Mali Empire (redirect from Mande Empire)
name Mali is derived from Mandé mali "hippopotamus", an animal that had special significance to the Keitas, and that Mandé means "little manatee". A legend...
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