Malinke
Americannoun
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Malinkes,
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Malinke
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a member of an agricultural people living in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Ivory Coast.
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the Mande language of the Malinke people.
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Guinea and Mali, noted for their use of cowry shells as currency
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the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family
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That book was 1976's Heremakhonon, which means "waiting for happiness" in the the west African Malinke language.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
Within Sundiata’s lifetime, the Mali Empire extended from the forested margins of the southwest through the grassland savanna country of the Malinke and southern Soninke to the Sahel of former Ghana.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Mr. Condé, in a 2018 interview, lavished praise on the young officer — a fellow member of the Malinke tribe.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Local media reports say he is an ethnic Malinke, like Conde, and comes from the eastern Kankan Region.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2021
Ethnic groups: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10%
From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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