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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Mandika canonical 1

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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
southern Senegal
linked to: Casamance
ethnographicRegion West Africa
hasCulturalRegion Senegambia region
linked to: Senegambia

Upper Niger region
linked to: Niger River valley
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 Mandé peoples
linked to: Mande peoples
traditionalArchitecture earthen houses
traditionalCrop groundnuts
millet
sorghum
traditionalInstrument balafon
kora
ngoni
traditionalLaw customary law
traditionalOccupation agriculture
traditionalRegion Burkina Faso
Gambia
linked to: The Gambia

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

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

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Mandinka hasAlternativeName Mandika