Bambara
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ethnic group in Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal
Key facts
- Mali
- 6,705,796 (33.3%)
- Senegal
- 91,071 (1.34%) (1988 census)
- Gambia
- 22,583 (1.3%)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Country
- Niger
- Population
- 4640000
- Image
- BambaraSenegal.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bamana people
- topic's main category
- Category:Bamana
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Bambara (Bambara: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲, romanized: Bamana or ߓߊ߲ߡߊߣߊ߲ Banmana) are a Mandé ethnic group native to West Africa, primarily southern Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal. They have been associated with the historic Bambara Empire. Today, they make up the largest Mandé ethnic group in Mali, with 80% of the population speaking the Bambara language, regardless of ethnicity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bambara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.