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Women are expected to handle the household chores and tend to garden plots. In polygamous households, women share and split up their tasks. [10] It is common for Malian parents to take their daughters out of school for early marriage and fear of pregnancy. There is a prevailing notion that women in Mali will engage in adultery. [11]
A crowd of women in Mali. The culture of Mali derives from the shared experience, as a colonial and post-colonial polity, and the interaction of the numerous cultures which make up the Malian people. What is today the nation of Mali was united first in the medieval period as the Mali Empire.
Sogolon Wulen Condé [1] [2] (Gambian English: Sogolon Konte/Konteh) of Dò ni Kiri, [2] commonly known as Sogolon Condé (in Malian French), was a 13th-century princess of Imperial Mali, [3] and one of the prominent women portrayed in the Epic of Sundiata. Her trials and tribulations are well preserved in the epic. [4]
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The Mali Empire (Manding: Mandé [3] or Manden Duguba; [4] [5] Arabic: مالي, romanized: Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita ( c. 1214 – c. 1255 ) and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita).
The traditional costume gallery covers costumes of women from the Mali tribes. [4] An ensemble of fifteen mannequins in the hall showcase fourteen traditional costumes of women from the Regions of Mali with the fifteenth showcasing the outfit of a modern Mali woman. [7] The mannequins were made by a North Korean company operating out of Bamako. [7]
During the 200 year period between 1301 and 1500 (the 14th and 15th century) the main civilizations and kingdoms in Africa were the Mali Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Ife Empire, Benin Kingdom, Songhai Empire, Hausa City-states, Wolof Empire, Great Zimbabwe, Kingdom of Makuria, Kanem Empire,Ethiopian Empire, Kilwa Sultanate, Kingdom of Mapungubwe, Kingdom of Mutapa, and the Ajuran Sultanate.
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