Mandika

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Mandika is an alternative name for the Mandinka, a major West African ethnic group known for their rich cultural traditions and historical role in the Mali Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Mandika canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic group
alternativeNameOf Mandinka
associatedWith Sundiata Keita
continent Africa
culturalPractice griot oral tradition
kora music
praise-singing
storytelling
ethnicPopulationRegion The Gambia
eastern Guinea-Bissau
Casamance
surface form: southern Senegal
ethnographicRegion West Africa
hasCulturalRegion Senegambia
surface form: Senegambia region

Niger River valley
surface form: Upper Niger region
historicallyAffectedBy Atlantic slave trade
historicallyInvolvedIn trans-Saharan trade
historicalRoleIn Mali Empire
kinshipSystem patrilineal
languageFamily Mande languages
majorityReligion Sunni Islam
oralEpic Epic of Sundiata
religion Islam
traditional African religions
riteOfPassage initiation ceremonies
socialStructure clan-based
speaks Mandinka language
subgroupOf Mande peoples
surface form: Mandé peoples
traditionalArchitecture earthen houses
traditionalCrop groundnuts
millet
sorghum
traditionalInstrument balafon
kora
ngoni
traditionalLaw customary law
traditionalOccupation agriculture
traditionalRegion Burkina Faso
The Gambia
surface form: Gambia

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Ivory Coast

Liberia
Mali
Senegal
Sierra Leone
usesWritingSystem Arabic script (Ajami)
Latin alphabet

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Mandinka hasAlternativeName Mandika