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Pages in category "Culture of Mauritania" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. K. Kiffa beads;
The Wolof people (UK: / ˈ w oʊ l ɒ f /) [4] [5] are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. In Senegal, the Wolof are the largest ethnic group (~39.7%), while elsewhere they are a minority. [ 6 ]
Mauritania, [a] formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, [b] is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast , Mali to the east and southeast , and Senegal to the southwest .
They have traditionally been characterized as the descendants of former sub-Saharan African slaves. [5] [6] They form the single largest defined ethnolinguistic group in Mauritania where they account for 40% of the population (~1.5 million). [7] In parts of Arab-Berber Maghreb, they are sometimes referred to as a "socially distinct class of ...
The modern day Sahrawis are a mixed ethnic group of Arabs, West Africans & diverse Berbers. The people inhabit the westernmost Sahara desert, in the area of modern Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara, and parts of Algeria. (Some tribes would also traditionally migrate into northern Mali and Niger, or even further along the Saharan caravan routes.)
The cuisine of Mauritania includes the culinary practices of Mauritania. Historically, what is now Mauritania has been influenced by Arab , Berbers and African peoples who have lived in and traversed the "stark" landscape marked with Sahara desert dunes in caravans . [ 1 ]
The Beidane, who are of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry, represent 30% of Mauritania's population. [1] [2] The language of the Beidane is Hassaniya Arabic. Al-Bidān (which literally translates to "Land of the whites") is an endonym used within Mauritania and Western Sahara by the Bidān people to refer to themselves. The name used by outsiders ...
Berbers moved south to Mauritania beginning in the 3rd century, followed by Arabs in the late 7th century, subjugating and assimilating Mauritania's original inhabitants. From the 8th through the 15th century, black kingdoms of the western Sudan, such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, brought their political culture from the south. [6]