Mandika

E150323
ethnic group

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mandinka → hasAlternativeName → Mandika ⓘ