Malinké
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| Malinké |
|---|
| Total population |
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7.75 million |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Senegal, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Ghana |
| Languages |
| Maninka |
| Religion |
| Sunni Islam |
| Related ethnic groups |
| other Mandé |
The Malinké or Maninka are a part of Mandé in Africa.
Approximately 7,750,000 Malinké are scattered throughout West Africa, including:
- Guinea - 2.8 million
- Mali - 1.1 million
- Ivory Coast - 1.0 million
- Senegal - 1.0 million
- Gambia - 600,000
- Sierra Leone - 400,000
- Burkina Faso - 400,000
- Guinea-Bissau - 200,000
- Liberia - 100,000
- Ghana - 100,000
They do not form a majority group in any of the above countries. In Gambia they represent approx. 39% of the country's total population, in Guinea 32% and in Guinea-Bissau 14%.[citation needed]
They speak Malinké or Maninkakan, one of the Manding languages.
The Malinké are generally Muslim, having abandoned earlier pantheist beliefs.
Traditionally they are subsistence farmers, growing small cash crops of peanuts and millet in the Sahel Africa region.
The "Malinke Empire" is an ethnic entity governed from its capital of Kangaba since the 8th century.
[edit] External links
- mnsu.edu Malinke
- A website devoted to Malinke djembe drumming
- A UK based website devoted to playing Malinke djembe rhythms
[edit] See also
- Mali Empire
- Mandinka people
- Mandé
- Mande languages
- Manding languages
- Mandinka language
- Griot
- Djembe
- Kora (instrument)
- Mane, Malian Soldiers
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