This is a list of Mandé peoples of Africa. The predominant countries of each group's residence are shown in bold and are italicised. * Manding (whose languages are in the

Manding languages The Manding languages (sometimes spelt Manden) are a dialect continuum within the Mande language family spoken in West Africa. Varieties of Manding are generally considered (among native speakers) to be mutually intelligible – dependent on exp ...

group of Mande) ** Bambara people (''

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesBozo people The Bozo are a Mande peoples, Mande ethnic group located predominantly along the Niger River in Mali. The name ''Bozo'' is thought to derive from Bambara language, Bambara ''bo-so'' "straw house"; the people accept it as referring to the whole o ...

(''Mali'') **

Dyula people The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Characterized as a highly successful merchant caste, ''Dyula'' migrants began establishin ...

(''Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire,

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

, Guinea'') ** Mandinka people (''Mali, Guinea, Senegal,

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

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The Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

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Mandingo people The Mandinka or Malinke are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, the Gambia and eastern Guinea. Numbering about 11 million, they are the largest subgroup of the Mandé peoples and one of the largest ethnic-linguistic gro ...

(''Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia'') **

Susu people The Susu people are a Mande-speaking ethnic group living primarily in Guinea and Northwestern Sierra Leone, particularly in Kambia District.Yalunka people The Yalunka, or Dialonké, are a Mandé-speaking people who were one of the original inhabitants of the Futa Jallon (french: Fouta Djallon, links=no), a mountainous region in Guinea, West Africa. The Yalunka people live primarily in Guinea, par ...

(''Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mali'') * Bafour people (''Senegal, Mali'') (Extinct: ancestors of present day Soninke and other Mandé groups) * Banka people (''Mali'') * Beng people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') *

Bissa people Bissa (or Bisa (singular), Bisan, Bissanno (plural)), is a Mande ethnic group of south-central Burkina Faso, northeastern Ghana and the northernmost tip of Togo. Their language, Bissa, is a Mande language that is related to, but not the same a ...

(''Burkina Faso, Ghana,

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

'') * Bobo people (''Burkina Faso, Mali'') * Boko people (''

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

'') * Busa people (''Nigeria'') * Duun people (''Mali, Burkina Faso'') * Gban people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') * Gbandi people (''Liberia, Guinea'') *

Gio people The Dan are a Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia. There are approximately 700,000 members of the group and their largest settlement is Man, Ivory Coast. Neighboring peoples include the Krahn, Kpelle and ...

(''Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia'') * Goo people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') * Guro people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') *

Jakhanke people The Jakhanke -- also spelled Jahanka, Jahanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Diakkanke, Diakhanga, Diakhango, Dyakanke, Diakhanké, Diakanké, or Diakhankesare -- are a Manding-speaking ethnic group in the Senegambia region, often classified as a subgroup o ...

(''Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali'') * Jeri people (''Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso'') * Jowulu people (''Mali'') * Kakabe people (''Guinea'') *

Kissi people The Kissi people, are a West African ethnolinguistic group. They are the fourth largest ethnic group in Guinea, making up 6.2% of the population. Kissi people are also found in Liberia and Sierra Leone. They speak the Kissi language, which bel ...

(''Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone'') * Kono people (''Sierra Leone'') * Kpee people (''Burkina Faso'') *

Kpelle people The Kpelle people (also known as the ''Guerze, Kpwesi, Kpessi, Sprd, Mpessi, Berlu, Gbelle, Bere, Gizima,'' or ''Buni'') are the largest ethnic group in Liberia. They are located primarily in an area of central Liberia extending into Guinea. Th ...

(''Sierra Leone, Liberia'') *

Kuranko people The Kuranko, also called Koranko, Kolanko, Kooranko, Koronko, Kouranko, Kulanko, Kurako, Kuronko, Kuranké, or Karanko, are a Mande people living in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The Koranko occupy a large section in a mountainous region within nort ...

(''Sierra Leone, Guinea'') *

Kyenga people Kyenga (also spelled Tyenga, Tienga, Kyanga, Tyanga, Cenka, Kenga), is a Mande languages, Mande language of Nigeria and Benin. Usage is declining, and the Kyenga are shifting to Hausa language, Hausa in Nigeria and Dendi language, Dendi in Benin ...

(''Nigeria, Benin'') *

Lele people The Lele (or Leele), also known as Bashilele or Usilele, are a Bantu ethnic group closely related to the Kuba people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They traditionally live in the Kasai River region, but since the 1950s many have migrated ...

(''Guinea'') * Ligbi people (''Ghana'') *

Loko people The Loko (IPA: Lɔkɔ) are one of the indigenous ethnic groups in Sierra Leone. Landogo is used as an endonym for the people and language, but other groups refer to them as Loko. They speak a Southwestern Mande language that is also called ...

(''Sierra Leone'') *

Loma people The Loma people, sometimes called Loghoma, Looma, Lorma or Toma, are a West African ethnic group living primarily in mountainous, sparsely populated regions near the border between Guinea and Liberia. Their population was estimated at 330,000 ...

(''Guinea, Liberia'') *

Mano people Mano is an ethnic group of Liberia. The group speaks the Mano language The Mano language, also known as Maa, Mah, and Mawe, is a significant Mande language of Liberia and Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Nimba County in north-central L ...

(''Liberia'') *

Mende people The Mende are one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone; their neighbours, the Temne people, constitute the largest ethnic group at 35.5% of the total population, which is slightly larger than the Mende at 31.2%. The Mende are pr ...

(''Sierra Leone, Liberia'') * Mikhifore people (''Guinea'') * Mwan people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') * Samo people (''Burkina Faso'') * Seenku people (''Burkina Faso'') * Shangawa people(''Nigeria'') * Soninke people (''Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana'') *

Soninke Wangara The Wangara (also known as Wakore, Wankori, Ouankri, Wangarawa, Dyula, Jula, Jakhanke, Jalonke) are a subgroup of the Soninke who later became assimilated (at varying degrees) merchant classes that specialized in both Trans Saharan and Secret ...

(''Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana'') (Extinct: sub-group of the Soninke) * Tura people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') *

Vai people The Vai are a Mande-speaking ethnic group that live mostly in Liberia, with a small minority living in south-eastern Sierra Leone. The Vai are known for their indigenous syllabic writing system known as Vai syllabary, developed in the 1820s ...

(''Liberia, Sierra Leone'') * Wan people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') * Yaure people (''Côte d'Ivoire'') *

Zialo people The Zialo are an ethnic group of Guinea. It is also the language traditionally spoken by these people. People Population is estimated at 25,000 Language

Zialo language, Zialo is a Southwestern Mande language. Zialo has five major dialects: ...

(''Guinea'')

References

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