Mandinka Mandinka, Mandika, Mandinkha, Mandinko, or Mandingo may refer to:
Media
* ''Mandingo'' (novel), a bestselling novel published in 1957
* ''Mandingo'' (film), a 1975 film based on the eponymous 1957 novel
* ''Mandingo (play)'', a play by Jack Kir ...
people from West Africa established in central
Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
, mainly around the town of Mankono, in the Béré region.
Ethnonymy
Depending on the sources and the context, there are several variants: Koyaa, Koyagakan, Koyaga, Koyakas, Koya, Koyara.
Language
Their language is Koyaka (or
Koyaga
''Koyaga'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was described by Ueda in 1984.
Selected species
*'' Koyaga falsa'' (Butler, 1885)
*'' Koyaga numisma'' (Staudinger, 1888)
*'' Koyaga senex'' (Butler, 1881)
*''Koyaga virescens
...
), a Mande language whose number of speakers was estimated at 84,000 in 2017.
Notable people
*
Ibrahim Coulibaly
Ibrahim Coulibaly (24 February 1964 – 27 April 2011)Amadou Soumahoro, born October 31, 1953 in Séguéla, in the
Worodougou
Worodougou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is currently one of three regions of Woroba District. The region's seat is Séguéla. The region's population in the 2021 census was 429,812.
Departments
Worodougou is currently divided ...
region, is an Ivorian statesman. Member of the
Séguéla
Séguéla is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Woroba District and the Worodougou Region. It is also a Communes of Ivory Coast, commune and the seat of and a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of Séguéla Depar ...
constituency, Soumahoro has been president of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire since March 7, 2019. He is the president of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) since July 9, 2019.
References
Literature
* Alain-Michel Boyer, Les Wan, Mona et Koyaka de Côte d'Ivoire : le sacré, le secret, Fondation Culturelle Musée Barbier-Mueller, Hazan, Paris, 2011, 175 p. ()
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Ethnic groups in Ivory Coast