Susu people
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The Susu or Soussou people are a Mande-speaking ethnic group living primarily in Guinea and northwestern Sierra Leone, particularly in Kambia District. Smaller communities are also found in Guinea-Bis
Susu men with a membrane drum and a balafon in 1935
Sosso woman
Fig 30. Une portrait de 3 femme Soussou en 1894.
Guerriers de Dubréka. Le Tour du Monde 1889.
Yalunka people
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The Yalunka, or Dialonké, are a Mandé-speaking people and the original inhabitants of Futa Jallon, a mountainous region in Guinea, West Africa. The Yalunka people live primarily in Guinea, particularl
Susu people
…of "Susu," rarer variants of their name are also encountered such as Souzo, Caxi, Saxi, Saxe, and even as Sexi. The Susu are descendants of their Manding ancestors who lived in the mountainous Mali-Guinea border. They are said to have originally been a section of the Soninke people that migrated out of Wagadou and…
Portrait of a Yalunka (1861)
The interior of a Yalunka village
A Yalunka woman from Upper Guinea in 1905
Yalunka women from Kondébou