Malinké
The
Malinké are an
African
Mandé ethnic group.They are generally
Muslim, having abandoned earlier
pantheist beliefs.
Approximately 7,750,000 (
source} Malinké are scattered throughout West Africa, including:-
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Guinea - 2.8 million
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Mali - 1.1 million
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Ivory Coast - 1.0 million
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Senegal - 1.0 million
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Gambia - 600,000
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Sierra Leone - 400,000
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Burkina Faso - 400,000
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Guinea-Bissau - 200,000
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Liberia - 100,000
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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%.
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.
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mnsu.edu Malinke*
A website devoted to Malinke djembe drumming*
Mandinka people*
Mandé*
Mande languages*
Manding languages*
Mandinka language*
Griot*
Djembe*
Kora (instrument)*
Mane, Malian Soldiers
