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Bambara people

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.

Not to be confused with the Australian Mbabaram people.

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6,705,796 (33.3%) [2]

91,071 (1.34%) (1988 census) [3]

22,583 (1.3%) [4]

Ethnonym[edit]

According to the Encyclopedia of Africa, "Bambara" means "believer" or "infidel"; the group acquired the name because it resisted Islam after the religion was introduced in 1854 by Tukulor conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall.[7]

French-Malian Singer

Aya Nakamura

Alassane Pléa

King of Segou

Kaladian Coulibaly

Emperor

Mamary Coulibaly

Senegalese footballer

Kalidou Koulibaly

Kafoumba Coulibaly

Malian musician

Rokia Traoré

Sammy Traoré

Bertrand Traoré

Alain Traoré

Kandia Traoré

Lassina Traoré

Bambara language

Bambara Empire

Imperato, Pascal James (1970). "The Dance of the Tyi Wara". African Arts. 4 (1). African Arts, Vol. 4, No. 1: 8–13, 71–80. :10.2307/3334470. JSTOR 3334470.

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Le Barbier, Louis (1918). Études africaines : les Bambaras, mœurs, coutumes, religions (in French). Paris. p. 42.{{}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

cite book

McNaughton, Patrick R. (1979). "Bamana Blacksmiths". African Arts. 12 (2). African Arts, Vol. 12, No. 2: 65–66, 68–71, 91. :10.2307/3335488. JSTOR 3335488.

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Pharr, Lillian E. (1980). Chi-Wara headdress of the Bambara: A select, annotated bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.  8269403.

OCLC

Roberts, Richard L. (1987). Warriors, Merchants and Slaves: The State and the Economy in the Middle Niger Valley 1700-1914. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.  0-8047-1378-2.

ISBN

Roberts, Richard L. (1980). "Production and Reproduction of Warrior States: Segu Bambara and Segu Tokolor". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 13 (3). The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 13, No. 3: 389–419. :10.2307/218950. JSTOR 218950.

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Tauxier, Louis (1942). Histoire des Bambara (in French). Paris: P. Geuthner. p. 226.

Wooten, Stephen R. (2000). "Antelope Headdresses and Champion Farmers: Negotiating Meaning and Identity through the Bamana Ciwara Complex". African Arts. 33 (2). African Arts, Vol. 33, No. 2: 18–33, 89–90. :10.2307/3337774. JSTOR 3337774.

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Zahan, Dominique (1980). Antilopes du soleil: Arts et rites agraires d'Afrique noire (A. Schendl ed.). Paris: Edition A. Schendl.  3-85268-069-7.

ISBN

Who are the Bamana? - Princeton Online

Photo documents of Bambara art and other information regarding other African tribal art

(in French)

Civilisation et art bambara (ou bamana)

Archived 2006-02-20 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

Documentary on a rural Bamana village in Mali