Mandingo meaning

măn-dĭng'gō
Mandingo is defined as people that live along the upper Niger River Valley in West Africa and to languages that are spoken in this region.

A man living along the upper part of the Niger River Valley is an example of a Mandingo.

The language Bambara is an example of Mandingo.

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Origin of mandingo

Mande mandeŋga from mandeŋ Mande Mande

Sentence Examples

  • The Bambara themselves are perhaps only a distinct branch of the original Mandingo stock.

  • Ghana was finally conquered by the Mandingo kings of Melle in the 13th century.

  • Futa Jallon is peopled principally by Fula, and the rest of the country by Malinke and other tribes of Mandingo.

  • Such are the Mandingo, the Songhai, the Fula, Hausa, Kanuri, Bagirmi, Kanembu, and the peoples of Wadai and Darfur; the few aborigines who persist, on the southern fringe of the Chad basin, are imperfectly known.

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