Bambara people

Bambara, Bamana
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Bambara people in upper Sénégal river valley, 1890. (illustration from Colonel Frey's Côte occidentale d'Afrique, 1890, Fig.49 p.87)
Total population
5,000,000[1] (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Gambia
 Mali6,705,796 (33.3%) [2]
 Senegal91,071 (1.34%) (1988 census) [3]
 Gambia22,583 (1.3%) [4]
Languages
Bambara language, French, Arabic (historically)
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Mandinka people, Soninke people, other Mande speaking groups.

The Bambara (Bambara: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲, romanized: Bamana or ߓߊ߲ߡߊߣߊ߲ Banmana) are a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa, primarily southern Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal.[5][6] 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.

  1. ^ Bambara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2019)
  2. ^ "Mali". www.cia.gov/. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Chiffres de la Division de la Statistique de Dakar cités dans Peuples du Sénégal, Éditions Sépia, 1996, p. 182
  4. ^ "Distribution of the Gambian population by ethnicity 1973,1983,1993,2003 and 2013 Censuses - GBoS". www.gbosdata.org. Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  5. ^ "Tribal African Art Bambara (Bamana, Banmana)". Zyama.com - African Art Museum. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  6. ^ den Otter, Elisabeth; Esther A. Dagan (1997). Puppets and masks of the Bamana and the Bozo (Mali) - from The Spirit's Dance in Africa. Galerie Amrad African Arts Publications.

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