XIIᵉ siècle – XVIIᵉ siècle
Western Sudan and Upper Guinea
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The Mandingo peoples—speakers of Malinke, Bambara, Juula, and related languages—formed the core of the Mande world. From the thirteenth century they expanded toward Upper Guinea, combining trade, Islam, migration, military organization, and agricultural settlement. Their activities helped shape Mali, Kaabu, and numerous political and cultural transformations along the coast and forest margins.
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The Mandingo peoples comprised communities speaking Malinke, Bambara, Juula, and other related languages. They formed the core of the Mande world and built the Mali Empire in the thirteenth century. Their societies combined large patrilineal village groups with kafu or jamana, small state-like territorial units that gave local communities durable political structures.
Mandingo expansion toward Upper Guinea continued during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Malinke and Bambara agricultural communities advanced toward the coast, while Juula traders moved toward the forest edge in search of slaves, kola nuts, gold, and Malaguetta pepper. Their commercial activity also helped carry Islam southward, although the faith’s importance was especially connected to long-distance trade.
Mandingo influence did not operate solely through imperial administration. In regions east of Futa Jallon, military groups and peasant communities absorbed indigenous populations, while noble lineages shared power in territorial units. Juula disputes with indigenous groups sometimes led to the intervention of Malinke warriors, who reorganized political structures and introduced new peasant populations, including Kuranko, Konianke, Mau, and later Wagadu communities.
The movement of Mandingo-related peoples reached the Atlantic coast before the period ended. The Kono and Vai reached the sea as early as the fifteenth century, and the Camara of Konianke were probably responsible for a major Somba invasion reaching Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1540–50. On the Bandama, Malinke expansion encountered Juula movements connected to routes between Jenne, Begho, the Akan gold-mines, and the Gulf of Guinea.
XIIᵉ siècle – XVIIᵉ siècle
Western Sudan and Upper Guinea
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Mandingo peoples—speakers of Malinke, Bambara, Juula, and related languages—formed the core of the Mande world. From the thirteenth century they expanded toward Upper Guinea, combining trade, Islam, migration, military organization, and agricultural settlement. Their activities helped shape Mali, Kaabu, and numerous political and cultural transformations along the coast and forest margins.
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Le récit
The Mandingo peoples comprised communities speaking Malinke, Bambara, Juula, and other related languages. They formed the core of the Mande world and built the Mali Empire in the thirteenth century. Their societies combined large patrilineal village groups with kafu or jamana, small state-like territorial units that gave local communities durable political structures.
Mandingo expansion toward Upper Guinea continued during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Malinke and Bambara agricultural communities advanced toward the coast, while Juula traders moved toward the forest edge in search of slaves, kola nuts, gold, and Malaguetta pepper. Their commercial activity also helped carry Islam southward, although the faith’s importance was especially connected to long-distance trade.
Mandingo influence did not operate solely through imperial administration. In regions east of Futa Jallon, military groups and peasant communities absorbed indigenous populations, while noble lineages shared power in territorial units. Juula disputes with indigenous groups sometimes led to the intervention of Malinke warriors, who reorganized political structures and introduced new peasant populations, including Kuranko, Konianke, Mau, and later Wagadu communities.
The movement of Mandingo-related peoples reached the Atlantic coast before the period ended. The Kono and Vai reached the sea as early as the fifteenth century, and the Camara of Konianke were probably responsible for a major Somba invasion reaching Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1540–50. On the Bandama, Malinke expansion encountered Juula movements connected to routes between Jenne, Begho, the Akan gold-mines, and the Gulf of Guinea.
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