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Bambara

  (bäm-bä') pronunciation
n., pl. -ra or -ras.
  1. A member of a people of the upper Niger River valley.
  2. The Mandingo language of the Bambara, used as a lingua franca in Mali.

 
 

People of the upper Niger region of Mali who speak a Mande language of the Niger-Congo family. Numbering 3.4 million, the Bambara use the distinctive N'ko alphabet, which reads from right to left, and they are noted for their wood and metal sculptures. In the 17th – 18th centuries the Bambara developed two separate empires, one based in Ségou (and including Timbuktu) and the other in Kaarta.

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Wikipedia: Bambara (disambiguation)

Bambara may either refer to:

Bambara people, an ethnic group primarily in Mali

Bambara language, their language, also used by other groups as a lingua franca


 
 

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