Mandinka people
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The Mandinka people are a major Mande-speaking ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich oral traditions, Islamic scholarship, and historical role in the Mali Empire.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Mandingo | 0 | 2 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mande people
→
ethnic group → |
| country |
Burkina Faso
NERFINISHED
→
Guinea → Guinea-Bissau → Ivory Coast NERFINISHED → Liberia → Mali → Mauritania → Senegal → Sierra Leone → The Gambia NERFINISHED → |
| culturalInstrument |
balafon
→
kora → ngoni → |
| culturalPractice |
griot storytelling
→
kora music → oral tradition → |
| demographicStatus |
one of the largest ethnic groups in Guinea
→
one of the largest ethnic groups in Mali → one of the largest ethnic groups in The Gambia → |
| ethnonym |
Malinke
NERFINISHED
→
Mandinka people self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Mandingo
|
| historicalAssociation | Mali Empire → |
| historicalRole | founders of Mali Empire → |
| language | Mandinka language → |
| languageFamily |
Mande languages
→
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED → |
| mainCrops |
groundnuts
→
millet → sorghum → |
| majorityEthnicGroupIn | The Gambia NERFINISHED → |
| partOf |
Mande
→
surface form:
Mande peoples
|
| primaryReligion | Islam → |
| region | West Africa → |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Bambara people
→
Dyula people → Soninke people → |
| religiousScholarship | Islamic scholarship → |
| religiousTradition |
Sufism
→
Sunni Islam → |
| subsistence | rain-fed agriculture → |
| traditionalHousing | compounds with round huts → |
| traditionalLaw | customary law → |
| traditionalOccupation |
agriculture
→
griot performance → trading → |
| traditionalReligion | African traditional religion → |
| traditionalSocialStructure | caste system → |
| writingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
→
surface form:
Arabic script
Latin alphabet →
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mandingo
this entity surface form:
Mandingo