Dyula
Britishnoun
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a member of a negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the rain forests of Côte d'Ivoire, where they farm rice, etc
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the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family
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The mines at Akan also relied on enslaved workers, whom the Portuguese bought from Benin and then sold to Mande-speaking Dyula traders.
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