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Mandingo

American  
[man-ding-goh] / mænˈdɪŋ goʊ /

noun

plural

Mandingos, Mandingoes
  1. a member of any of a number of peoples forming an extensive linguistic group in western Africa.

  2. Mande.

  3. Malinke.


Mandingo British  
/ mænˈdɪŋɡəʊ /

noun

  1. a former name for Mande Malinke

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Kante brought Guinean, and Mandingo, culture to the world.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2020

The Guerze are mostly Christian or animist, while the Konianke are Muslims considered to be close to neighbouring Liberia's Mandingo ethnic community.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2013

Samori Touré is a hero of the Mandingo people.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Coursing through the cascades, Mr. Davy led us a half-mile upstream to the Mandingo Tunnel, a curiously named vertical cave hidden within a massive boulder complex that leads to a subterranean pond.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2011

Park managed, however, just before sunset, to reach the romantic village of Koomah, the sole property of a Mandingo merchant and surrounded by a high wall.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles