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The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic , Khoisan , Niger-Congo , and Nilo-Saharan populations.
The Mandinka or Malinke [note 1] are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, The Gambia, southern Senegal and eastern Guinea. [19] Numbering about 11 million, [20] [21] they are the largest subgroup of the Mandé peoples and one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in Africa.
With exception to some parts of West Africa (e.g., Ntereso, Kintampo), prior to the late first millennium BCE, West African hunter-gatherers, who were the most widely spread cultural group of socially organized populations, were likely the only group to populate the forest and savanna regions of West Africa. [4]
In West Africa, which may have been a major regional cradle in Africa for the domestication of crops and animals, [42] [43] Niger-Congo speakers domesticated the helmeted guineafowl [44] between 5500 BP and 1300 BP; [42] domestication of field crops occurred throughout various locations in West Africa, such as yams (d. praehensilis) in the ...
Events in West Africa (4 C) G. Culture of Gabon (14 C, ... Culture of Togo (12 C, 11 P) Y. Yoruba culture (8 C, 73 P) Pages in category "West African culture"
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This regional sub-category is intended for articles on particular indigenous peoples of this (sub-)region, and related topics. See the discussion on the parent category talk page at Category talk:indigenous peoples for suggested criteria to be used in determining whether or not any particular group should be placed in this sub-category.
The Mandinka people are a West African ethnic group with an estimated population of eleven million with roots in western Sahel, in Mali, but now widely dispersed. [106] Over 99% of Mandinka are Muslim.< [107] [108] The Mandinka people live primarily in West Africa, particularly in the Gambia and the Guinea where they are the largest ethnic ...