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
Portrait of a Yalunka (1861)
The interior of a Yalunka village
A Yalunka woman from Upper Guinea in 1905
Yalunka women from Kondébou
Mandé peoples
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The Mandé peoples are a linguistic grouping of those African nations who speak Mande languages. The various Mandé-speaking nations are concentrated in the western regions of West Africa.
Yalunka people
…The Yalunka, or Dialonké, are a Mandé-speaking people and the original inhabitants of Futa Jallon (French: Fouta Djallon), a mountainous region in Guinea, West Africa. The Yalunka people live primarily…
Tichitt Tradition rock art depicting cart, with long platform, framed by two wheels
13th–15th century female terracotta figure covered with red ochre
Sankore Mosque
A 13th-century mosque in northern Ghana attributed to the Wangara.