Bamako

[ bam-uh-koh; French ba-ma-koh ]

noun

a city in and the capital of Mali: inland port on the Niger River.

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How to use Bamako in a sentence

Two years later and Séba was personally invited to Mali by local authorities led by Colonel Assimi Goïta, the head of a military junta that seized power in August 2020, to give a rousing speech against neo-colonialism in the capital city of Bamako.
New wave of anti-colonial populism sweeps Francophone Africa | Tom Collins | June 6, 2022 | Quartz
From Bamako, Mali, the Diabaté family are known as pioneers of Guinean pop.
Listen to Africa’s Singing Giants | Joshua Eferighe | October 2, 2020 | Ozy
Your followers were in control for a time in Mopti and Bamako, but they're falling away because of lack of direction.
Border, Breed Nor Birth | Dallas McCord Reynolds
In Bamako they had to wait for an end to the rainy season so roads would be passable.
Black Man's Burden | Dallas McCord Reynolds
At Dakar they were shipped through Senegal to Bamako by narrow gauge railroad which ran periodically.
Black Man's Burden | Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for Bamako

Bamako

/ (ˌbæməˈkəʊ) /

noun

the capital of Mali, in the south, on the River Niger. Pop: 1 379 000 (2005 est)

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