Mande

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• Themes of migration from Mecca, Mande, and Futa Jallon are prevalent in many oral narratives told by Baga and Nalu elders.

  Academic text (2004)

• The extent to which it continued to be performed in old Muslim Mande villages is not known.

  Academic text (1998)

• Further research on women's masks is essential to our knowledge of Mande art history.

  Academic text (1998)

• Most successful of all such endeavors, in my experience, was the recent Mande Studies Conference in Leiden.

  Academic text (1996)

• The Wuli state was linked to Mali and the larger Mande zone.

  Academic text (1998)

• Susu, a Mande language also spoken in the Rio Nunez region, is not indigenous.

  Academic text (2004)

• In both the non-Muslim Mandinka and Old Muslim Mande versions, the Land Turtle mask and its secret are the central elements.

  Academic text (1998)

• The foregoing discussion reflects the attitudes, concerns, and practices of contemporary Mande potters in southwestern Mali.

  Academic text (1994)

• Stephen Wooten (2000) documented recent performances in agrarian communities in the region of the Mande plateau, around thirty kilometers from Bamako.

  Academic text (2002)

• Susu is one of the most widely spoken Mande languages in West Africa, highlighting the cultural diversity of the region.

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