The Yalunka, or Dialonké, are a Mandé-speaking people and the original inhabitants of Futa Jallon (French: Fouta Djallon), a mountainous region in Guinea...
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Guinea, as the Mali empire disintegrated. The close familiarity with the Yalunka people suggest a hypothesis that they were once members of the same group...
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Busa, etc.) West Mande Central West (Manding–Kpelle) Central Mande Susu–Yalunka Manding–Jɔgɔ Jogo languages Manding–Vai Vai–Kono Manding–Mokole Manding...
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a traditional African religion and coexited peacefully with the native Yalunka people. In the 18th century an influx of Muslim Fulɓe from Macina, Mali...
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Firdu group. Minority ethnicities in Fuladu included the Mande Mandinka, Yalunka and Jakhanke people groups, as well as Wolofs, Jola, Bainuk, Balanta, and...
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Plungian, Vladimir Aleksandrovič (1995) Dogon (Languages of the world materials vol. 64). München: LINCOM Europa Williamson, Kay & Blench, Roger (2000) 'Niger–Congo'...
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The conquest by Samory Touré in the northeast solidified Islam among the Yalunka, Kuranko and Limba people. The 15th century marked the beginning of European...
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Foundation. Mukarovsky, Hans. 1976-1977. A study of Western Nigritic (2 vols). Wien: Institut für Ägyptologie und Afrikanistik, Universität Wien. Blench...
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pp. 7, 31. ISBN 978-1-59-460104-0. C. Magbaily Fyle (1979). The Solima Yalunka Kingdom: Pre-colonial Politics, Economics & Society. Nyakon Publishers...
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century, several Mandé ethnic groups such as the Koranko, the Susu and the Yalunka also arrived. A Fula ruler styled Fula Mansa seized power south of the...
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