Mande peoples

E646468
ethnic group linguistic group

The Mande peoples are a large and diverse group of West African ethnic communities historically known for powerful empires like Mali and for their rich traditions in trade, music, and oral history.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Mandingo 3
Mandé peoples 2
Dioula people 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
linguistic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicity West African peoples ⓘ
historicalCenter Ghana Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaabu Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mali Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Songhai Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wassoulou Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Bambara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dyula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kpelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malinké NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandinka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maninka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mende NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soninke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vai NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor balafon music ⓘ
epic of Sundiata ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
griot oral tradition ⓘ
kora music ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan commerce ⓘ
languageFamily Mande languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyBranchOf Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialStructure caste-like artisan groups ⓘ
nobility and commoner classes ⓘ
subregion Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Niger basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalSpecialist griot ⓘ
jeli NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Mande → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
Mandika → subgroupOf → Mande peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Mandinka
this entity surface form: Mandé peoples
Nimba County → ethnicGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandingo
kora → associatedWith → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mande people
Bong County → hasEthnicGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandingo
Susu → subgroupOf → Mande peoples ⓘ
United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy → ethnicBase → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandingo
Gio people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
Sundiata Keita → languageCommunity → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandé peoples
Mansa → associatedWithPeople → Mande peoples ⓘ
Dyula people → alsoKnownAs → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dioula people
Bambara people → majorSubgroupOf → Mande peoples ⓘ
Salif Keita → ethnicGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandé people
Geechee people → culturalContinuityWith → Mande peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mande-speaking peoples