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PeopleWest Africa

🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé

Heirs of the Mali Empire; jeliw (griots) keep the oral archive.

🇲🇱 Mali🇬🇲 Gambia🇬🇳 Guinea🇸🇳 Senegal🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire🇧🇫 Burkina FasoMandinkaBambara

Customs they practice

1 recorded rite, each with its steps and its WHY.

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The jeli · keepers of the word

In the Mandé and Sahelian world, hereditary bards keep genealogies, histories, and praise: no wedding, naming, or reconciliation is complete without the jeli’s word, sung to the kora or ngoni.

🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳 🇨🇮Mandinka / Mandé · Wolof · Fulani

Names from this tradition

10 names in the decoder, meaning first.

Aminata

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Trustworthy, faithful.

Given name🇸🇳 🇬🇲 🇲🇷 🇲🇱Wolof & Mandinka (Senegal, Mali, West Africa)

Kélé

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thankfulness

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Doumbia

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peaceful

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Sékou

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second-born

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

N'Toman

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blessed

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Bintou

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daughter

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Djibril

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exalted

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Bakary

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noble

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Djéné

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beautiful

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Karamo

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generous

Given name🇲🇱 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 🇸🇳Mandinka / Mandé (West Africa)

Kin & neighbours

🇳🇬 🇳🇪Fulani (Fulɓe)🇸🇳 🇬🇲Wolof🇲🇱 🇳🇪Tuareg (Kel Tamasheq)🇳🇬 🇸🇳Muslim communities of Africa🇬🇭 🇨🇮Akan (Asante, Fante and kin)🇲🇦 🇩🇿Amazigh (Berber)