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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

Michel Sidibé, the Malian executive director of U.N.AIDS, the United Nations’ H.I.V.-fighting agency, said diatiguiya is a Mandingo tradition.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2014

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

He directed his attention first to acquiring a knowledge of the Mandingo language, which was most generally used, and in collecting the facts most likely to be useful in the execution of his plans.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon