Mande peoples

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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.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Mande peoples canonical 14
Mandé peoples 4
Mandingo 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
linguistic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Burkina Faso ⓘ
Gambia ⓘ
linked to: The Gambia

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

Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicity West African peoples ⓘ
historicalCenter Ghana Empire ⓘ
Kaabu Empire ⓘ
Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
Wassoulou Empire ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Bambara ⓘ
Dyula ⓘ
Kpelle ⓘ
Loma ⓘ
Malinké ⓘ
linked to: Mande

Mandinka ⓘ
Maninka ⓘ
Mende ⓘ
Soninke ⓘ
Susu ⓘ
Vai ⓘ
knownFor balafon music ⓘ
epic of Sundiata ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
griot oral tradition ⓘ
kora music ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan commerce ⓘ
languageFamily Mande languages ⓘ
languageFamilyBranchOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialStructure caste-like artisan groups ⓘ
nobility and commoner classes ⓘ
subregion Sahel ⓘ
Upper Niger basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
traditionalSpecialist griot ⓘ
jeli ⓘ
linked to: jeliw

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Mande → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
Mandinka → subgroupOf → Mandé peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Mandika
linked to: Mande peoples
Nimba County → ethnicGroup → Mandingo ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
kora → associatedWith → Mande people ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Bong County → hasEthnicGroup → Mandingo ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Susu → subgroupOf → Mande peoples ⓘ
United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy → ethnicBase → Mandingo ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Gio people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
Sundiata Keita → languageCommunity → Mandé peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Mansa → associatedWithPeople → Mande peoples ⓘ
Dyula people → alsoKnownAs → Dioula people ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Bambara people → majorSubgroupOf → Mande peoples ⓘ
Salif Keita → ethnicGroup → Mandé people ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Geechee people → culturalContinuityWith → Mande-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Dyula → usedByEthnicGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
Solomana Kanté → ethnicGroup → Mande ⓘ
subject linked to: Solomana Kante
linked to: Mande peoples
Western Mande → usedBy → Mande peoples ⓘ
Gbandi people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
Mano people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Mano (Mah)
Ballaké Sissoko → ethnicGroup → Mandé people ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Djelimady Sissoko → ethnicGroup → Mandé peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
African diaspora in Louisiana → ethnicOrigin → Mandé peoples ⓘ
linked to: Mande peoples
Lorma people → partOf → Mande peoples ⓘ
Soussou → ethnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ
Wassoulou region → ethnolinguisticGroup → Mande peoples ⓘ