Thank you so much as a African American and descendant of the Mende of Sierra Leone . I see just how much of that same culture made it's way to the USA as Gullah Geeche it lived on in North South Carolina and Georgia
I recently did my DNA test and It came back with matches of Mandinka in Senegal and Mende and Temne in Sierra Leone... I live in the US...my family is from Sothern Georgia. Apparently so many were brought over...so my ancestor was probably a Mandinka or Mende woman...this also includes matches with Fulani's from Guinea Bissau and the Kru people in Liberia. All present-day people. Thanks for the lesson.
@@design401 do u 🤔 that southern Georgia people Alabama and Carolina are mandinka or mende people or even fulanis balantas cuz lately I've seen a lot that found those tribes even papel too so u think 🤔
My first time to see a manlinke from Gambia I became soooo delighted and happy cos I was like waw I have seen some part of me from where I never knew that there was some
in our slave documents (Caribbean) we have records of Mandinka, Bambara and Mande people. All this time I didn't know the Bambara were the same people. Thanks for the sharing.
@@keitahassane4367 a Lot Of Folks Are Either Mandinka Bambara Funani Wolof Badiwz From Santiagu praya/Praia Or Countryside But We So Diverse There's That Got Different West African Dna Ancestry Cuz They Brought From All Over West Africa Also There Other Folks Out There They Might Find West African In Them Because They Mess With Badiwz But Their Ancestors Was Brought Here From South Asia Goa Island And Sri Lanka Then You Got What We Call Fake Cape Verdeans The Multiracial Aka Sampadjuduz Or Krioles/Krioluz Or Kriolaz If Is A Female The Confused Creatures With Identity Crisis Them Be The Ones That Be Have People Thing We Don't Consider Ourselves West Africans/Africans So Yeh There's A Lot Of Bambara Funani Mandinka Descendants But They Can Have Different Tribes Because Folks From Different Tribes Mess With Each Other If U Get What I'm Saying!!!"
I've always wondered what was the difference between Mandinka and Mende. They are the same; however, they are called by whatever country they are in. Thanks for clarifying that. Will you please do a video on what spiritual system the Mandingo/Mandinkas practice before Islam? What was their spiritual belief? Also, the origin of the Dogon belief? Thank you so much.
This is the Constitution of Manding King Sounjata Keita in Guruka Fuga,786 years ago, but you think European 🇪🇺 brings us the civilization, and that is what they made you to believe, 44, COMMAANDMENTS OF MANDINKOS THE CHARTER OF KURUKA FUGA (BY SIRIMAN KOUYATE, CHATER OF KURUKA FUGA 1 The great mande society is divided into sixteen clans of quiver carriers, five clans of Marabouts, four groups of "Nyamakalas "and one group of Slav, each one has a specific and role 2 The “nyamakalas” have to devote themselves to tell the truth to the chiefs, to be their counsellors and to defend by the speech the established rulers and the order upon the whole territory. 3. The five clans of marabouts are our teachers and our educators in Islam .Everyone has to hold them in respect and consideration. 4. The society is divided into age groups .Belong to the some age- group the people (men or women) who are born during a period three years in secession. The members of the intermediary class between young and old people should be invited to take part in taking important concerning the society. 5. Every body has a right to life and to the preservation of its physical integrity .Accordingly; any attempt to deprive one’s fellow being of life is punished with death 6. To win the battle of prosperity, the general system of supervision has been established in order to fight against laziness and idleness 7. It has been established among the Mandenkas,the sanankunya (joking relationship) and the tanamannyonya (blood pact ). Consequently any contention that occurs among these groupsshould not degenerate, the respect for one another being the rule .Between brothers- in-law and sisters-in law, between grandparents and grand-children, tolerance and rag should be the principle. 8. The keita‘s family is nominated reigning family upon the empire. 9. The children’s education behoves the entire society .The paternal authority in consequence falls to everyone. 2 10. We should offer condolences mutually 11. When your wife or your child runs away stop running after her/ him in the neighbour’s house. 12. The succession being patrilineary, do never give up the power to a son when of his fat hers is still alive .Do never give up the power to a minor just because he has goods. 13. Do never offend the Nyaras. 14. Do never offend women, our mothers. 15. Do never beat a married woman before having her husband interfere unsuccessfully 16. Women, apart from their everyday occupations, should be associated with all our managements 17. Lies that have lived for 40years should be considered like truths. 18. We should respect the law of primogeniture. 19. Any man has two parents-in-law: the parents of the girl we failed to have and the speech wee deliver without any constraint .We have to hold them in respect and consideration. 20. Do not ill treat the slaves. We are the master of the slave but not of the bag he carries. 21. Do not follow up with your constant attentions the wives of the chief, of the neighbour, of the marabouts of the priests, of the friend and the partner. 22. Vanity is the token of weakness and humility is the one of nobility. 23. Do never betray one another .Respect your word of honour. 24. In Mande do never wrong foreigners. 25The ambassador does not risk anything in Mande. 26. The bull confided to your care should not lead the cattle -pen 27. The young lady can get married early as she is pubescent. 28. The young man can get married from 20 years old 29. The amount of the dowry is 3 bovines: one for the girl, two for her father and mother. 30. In Mande, the divorce is tolerated for one of the following reasons: the impotence of the husband, the madness of one of the spouses, the husband’s incapability of 3 assuming the obligations due to the marriage .the divorce should occur out of the village. 31. We should help those who are in need. 32. There are five ways to acquire the property: the buying, the donation, the exchange, the work and the inheriting .Any other form without convincing testimony is doubtful. 33. Any object found without known owner becomes common property only after four years. 34. The fourth bringing forth of a heifer confided is the property of the guardian of the laying hen. 35. One bovine should be exchanged for four sheep or four goats. 36. To satisfy one’s hunger is not a robbery if you don’t take away anything in your bag or your pocket. 37. Fakombè is nominated chief of hunters. 38. Before setting fire to the bush, don’t look at the ground, rise your head in the direction of the top of the trees to see if they don’t bear fruits or flowers 39. Domestic animal should be tied during cultivation moment and freed after the harvest .The dog, the cat, the duck and the poultry are not bound by the measure. 40. Respect the kinship, marriage and the neighbourhood. 41. You can kill the enemy, but not humiliate him. 42. In big assemblies, be satisfied with your lawful representatives. 43. Balla Fassakè Kouyaté is nominated big chief of ceremonies and main mediator in Mande .He is allowed to joke with all groups, in priority with the royal family. 44. All those who will transgress these rules will be punished .Everyone is bound to make effective their implementation.
Great video, especially for me who doesn't understand much English, but your conversation is perfect. I did an ancestry test recently and it showed Mande ethnicity, I think maybe they went to the state of Bahia in Brazil....
Thank you. Very informative video. Yes. Please do more videos about the tribal life in and around The Gambia. I am fulhani from what I have been told. My family is from Benin in what is now called Nigeria, but my grand parents about six generations past were taken slaves during the wars with the British and tribes that joined them. Much of what I learn today is shedding light on stories I have been told when I was younger.
Thank you for sharing insight as to the make up of some of Africa’s tribes. It’s really something of how when you only look at the surface, you may not see very much, but when you roll back the curtain, what’s revealed is a wealth of knowledge.
GREAT RISING NUBIAN BROTHA MUCH RESPECT GO OUT TOO U FOR SHARING SUCH INFORMATIVE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR MELINATED FAMILIES ACROSS THE GAMBIA AND OUR ANCESTORS STORY 1LUV GIVE THANX TOO THE MOST HIGH MUCH RESPECT! 1LUV MELINATED FAMILY BLISSING! ASE'ASE '
Thank you so much. We believe we are Bambara by way of Exuma, Bahamas. Do you have video links to anything about them being brought to that area? Jazakallahu khayran!🙏🏽
I found the bit about the hierarchy very interesting. please do some more videos about the mandinka people. my husband's mandinka and I think he gets a bit fed up of me keep asking him and asking him like he's not actually history teacher. He's a Jammeh. But I really dont like the food.
This is the Constitution of Manding King Sounjata Keita in Guruka Fuga,786 years ago, but you think European 🇪🇺 brings us the civilization, and that is what they made you to believe, 44, COMMAANDMENTS OF MANDINKOS THE CHARTER OF KURUKA FUGA (BY SIRIMAN KOUYATE, CHATER OF KURUKA FUGA 1 The great mande society is divided into sixteen clans of quiver carriers, five clans of Marabouts, four groups of "Nyamakalas "and one group of Slav, each one has a specific and role 2 The “nyamakalas” have to devote themselves to tell the truth to the chiefs, to be their counsellors and to defend by the speech the established rulers and the order upon the whole territory. 3. The five clans of marabouts are our teachers and our educators in Islam .Everyone has to hold them in respect and consideration. 4. The society is divided into age groups .Belong to the some age- group the people (men or women) who are born during a period three years in secession. The members of the intermediary class between young and old people should be invited to take part in taking important concerning the society. 5. Every body has a right to life and to the preservation of its physical integrity .Accordingly; any attempt to deprive one’s fellow being of life is punished with death 6. To win the battle of prosperity, the general system of supervision has been established in order to fight against laziness and idleness 7. It has been established among the Mandenkas,the sanankunya (joking relationship) and the tanamannyonya (blood pact ). Consequently any contention that occurs among these groupsshould not degenerate, the respect for one another being the rule .Between brothers- in-law and sisters-in law, between grandparents and grand-children, tolerance and rag should be the principle. 8. The keita‘s family is nominated reigning family upon the empire. 9. The children’s education behoves the entire society .The paternal authority in consequence falls to everyone. 2 10. We should offer condolences mutually 11. When your wife or your child runs away stop running after her/ him in the neighbour’s house. 12. The succession being patrilineary, do never give up the power to a son when of his fat hers is still alive .Do never give up the power to a minor just because he has goods. 13. Do never offend the Nyaras. 14. Do never offend women, our mothers. 15. Do never beat a married woman before having her husband interfere unsuccessfully 16. Women, apart from their everyday occupations, should be associated with all our managements 17. Lies that have lived for 40years should be considered like truths. 18. We should respect the law of primogeniture. 19. Any man has two parents-in-law: the parents of the girl we failed to have and the speech wee deliver without any constraint .We have to hold them in respect and consideration. 20. Do not ill treat the slaves. We are the master of the slave but not of the bag he carries. 21. Do not follow up with your constant attentions the wives of the chief, of the neighbour, of the marabouts of the priests, of the friend and the partner. 22. Vanity is the token of weakness and humility is the one of nobility. 23. Do never betray one another .Respect your word of honour. 24. In Mande do never wrong foreigners. 25The ambassador does not risk anything in Mande. 26. The bull confided to your care should not lead the cattle -pen 27. The young lady can get married early as she is pubescent. 28. The young man can get married from 20 years old 29. The amount of the dowry is 3 bovines: one for the girl, two for her father and mother. 30. In Mande, the divorce is tolerated for one of the following reasons: the impotence of the husband, the madness of one of the spouses, the husband’s incapability of 3 assuming the obligations due to the marriage .the divorce should occur out of the village. 31. We should help those who are in need. 32. There are five ways to acquire the property: the buying, the donation, the exchange, the work and the inheriting .Any other form without convincing testimony is doubtful. 33. Any object found without known owner becomes common property only after four years. 34. The fourth bringing forth of a heifer confided is the property of the guardian of the laying hen. 35. One bovine should be exchanged for four sheep or four goats. 36. To satisfy one’s hunger is not a robbery if you don’t take away anything in your bag or your pocket. 37. Fakombè is nominated chief of hunters. 38. Before setting fire to the bush, don’t look at the ground, rise your head in the direction of the top of the trees to see if they don’t bear fruits or flowers 39. Domestic animal should be tied during cultivation moment and freed after the harvest .The dog, the cat, the duck and the poultry are not bound by the measure. 40. Respect the kinship, marriage and the neighbourhood. 41. You can kill the enemy, but not humiliate him. 42. In big assemblies, be satisfied with your lawful representatives. 43. Balla Fassakè Kouyaté is nominated big chief of ceremonies and main mediator in Mande .He is allowed to joke with all groups, in priority with the royal family. 44. All those who will transgress these rules will be punished .Everyone is bound to make effective their implementation.
@@luinomrkt2111 no, not most, not at all. Many more are Ibo and Yoruba and Mende. Check the census for the main ports in the Caribbean and you will see.
@@sgreeni hum, ok .. But I myself am a jahanka tribe little bit different dialect from the mandinka but another branch of mandinka… Remember the mandinka empire was almost all over west Africa, so you got different mandinka dialects with different tribe names in various west African countries…
As a descendant of enslaved Africans here in the West, I would urge you not the use the term slaves because it's a real turn-off for us. It conjures up a lot of negative emotions toward Africans on the continent, especially since we were taught that Africans sold our ancestors. According to my DNA test, I am part Igbo, Mandinka, and Fante. I want to feel a kinship with them and not hatred, resentment, or anger.
Slave does carry a negatice connotation in Western culture; however, in this sense, it means a Servant like in the Torah/Bible; it's not the chattle slavery of the slave trade wars. Servants are treated with respect & kindness.
Go cry into a River. They were slaves, there's no tiptoeing around it. Would you rather call them involuntarily migrated workers? That's ridiculous and stop impinging your fragility to everyone else.
Our ancestors were slaves. Get over it. Be proud of what they built and the ppl that we are. I'm African-American, my ancestors were slaves and I'll NEVER be ashamed of that.
But according to since sunjata took over power he created constitution across all the manding empire that he banned slavery and if they found anyone sales a slave you face the low
MANDINGKAS CAN BE TERACE ALL THE WAY TO BENIN, THE MENDES.. THE LARGES ETHNIC SOCIATY IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA.. ONE OF THE RICHES KING IN THE WORLD WAS A MANDINGKA .. MANSA MUSA OF THE GREAT KINDOM OF MALI EMPIRE...👑💪🏾💪🏾
Mandinka converted to Islam through trade and some ways black mail, when the Arabs invade North Africa , they sit on the trade route which connect sahel to outside world, many ethic groups including mandinka has direct contact with the Arabs.
@Pistor Drammeh you right about the history. Many thought that Islam was spread within the sahel by the sword. Islam came to the Mali empire through trade. We must remember that the Arabs were trading with the Africans for 0ver 300 years before the coming of the whiteman. Nonetheless, we did have few Marabout wars in the Gambia subsequently as a result of Foday Kaba Dumbuya's threats and use of force to convert especially the Jolas. We also had Foday Sillah too. The British together with majority Gambians were able curtail his religious ambitions. Majority Gambians accepted Islam on their own volition.
Most Africans practiced various African spirituality in the form of "spiritual incantations". We still have these beliefs in certain African societies and even across the Caribbean especially in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Jamaica, and Brazil in south America.
Maa Shaa Allah! Just came across this today. Thank you for enlightening us. I've subscribed and shall be surely following your posts, Inn Shaa Allah. ❤❤❤
Nice video bro very informative Im asking for some advice I'm married to a mandika from Gambia I'm a Trinidadian living in N.Y I married her in 2015 in Gambia but the relationship is terrible is it something about the mandika women that is not correct is it some how bro I can get in contact with u
You are using the wrong word...They were not slaves but "servants." Your translation is wrong. Servants are not slaves. Those people you talked about in the Mandingo society were servants.
I am not sue Musa Mense was from Mali or Gambia,Maximum of the Gambia People are Muslims,In the last days of Hajj our beloved Nabi Karim SWS said"From today I am abolishing all titles & non Arab & Arab Muslims all are equal in the Eyes of Allah Subhanwatala"In Gambia women are equal to Man,No Man or any people can be treated as slaves.Like Hindus they have class system,Muslims are all equal in the Eyes of Allah.Constitution must be changed & equal rights to be given every man & man also women.For a development of a country women must should be brought for development not as slaves or sex enjoyment which is prohibited in Islam.I pray to Allah Subhanwatala to give all the oppressed people & women should be free like Hazrat Belal{R} Even Prophet said Belal will go to haven before me.
So slaves 🤷🏿♂️ I get that slavery was different in West Africa from the West but it's still slavery and I see it is still happening in some of our African societies around the world(Africa, Caribbean, Haiti etc)
@@iTuber012 I do not think what we are seeing now is modeled after the African servitude slavery but more like western slavery. However, you are right because slavery is slavery.
@@iTuber012 they are not force to do anything..you just don't understand the system and how it worked but it have nothing do with the slavery you talking about from the west..your cousin can be your slave if you have a big day like getting married no chains involved.
@@iTuber012 not exactly mansa sakura went from slave to emperor in the mali empire, also slaves could have slaves themselves so indentured servitude would be a more correct word in terms of west africa at least for that part of west africa.
Mandinka is a family that consists of different tribes and languages. The Mandinko in the Gambia do not speak malinké. They are all different languages.
Not different similar language is same people, this happens to all major tribes even fulas have it.it also depends where u are u can called manding people different names depending where u are.eg Djula in ivory Coast, sirrelone mende,Liberia mandingo Gambia, Guinea Bissau, cassamase mandinkas, mali Bambara or mandingue, guinea malinke, Bukina Faso Djula, Ghana waranka. All language are same is called Nko.
Mandinkas and Bambara,no.difference. Just verify the counting method, the same. Its only tonal difference and pronounced of certain words or dialect. Its the of the same of Fulani of Senegal or Nigeria, Niger or Mali or Guinea who don't even understand each other. Am Mandinka, but i can communicate in Bambara and never gone to Mali. We are same as Jula, Malinke in Guinea or Konianka or even the Kuranko of Sierra Leone
Hi family, let me know what you learned from this video and if I should do a part two and/or do another video about another tribe or ethnic group.
Interesting to know if you believe the legend that the Maroons in Jamaica were mainly dominated by the Mandinka.
This is what is missing from the Caribbean and American cultural background. We need historical context to our being.
Part 2 please, and then information on other tribes.
Thank you so much as a African American and descendant of the Mende of Sierra Leone .
I see just how much of that same culture made it's way to the USA as Gullah Geeche it lived on in North South Carolina and Georgia
I learned about how vast and spread all over the Afrikan diaspora the Mandinka's are
I am MANDINKA and Fulani according to my African 🧬 DNA ANCESTRY ❤❤❤❤❤
I recently did my DNA test and It came back with matches of Mandinka in Senegal and Mende and Temne in Sierra Leone... I live in the US...my family is from Sothern Georgia. Apparently so many were brought over...so my ancestor was probably a Mandinka or Mende woman...this also includes matches with Fulani's from Guinea Bissau and the Kru people in Liberia. All present-day people. Thanks for the lesson.
Mende & Mandinka are pretty much the same ppl, Mindinka is just the largest subgroup of the Mende's people,
Mande and mandinka or mandingo are same.
I kno this is late but what site did u use for ur dna test
@@christophertaylor-sapp6872 African Ancestry....
@@design401 do u 🤔 that southern Georgia people Alabama and Carolina are mandinka or mende people or even fulanis balantas cuz lately I've seen a lot that found those tribes even papel too so u think 🤔
My first time to see a manlinke from Gambia I became soooo delighted and happy cos I was like waw I have seen some part of me from where I never knew that there was some
yeah brother you are welcome to Gambia one family I am a Mandingo too ❤
I'm Black American/FBA with Mandinka roots. However, I love all of my African family. FBA all the way, everyday🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!!!! Akin.
in our slave documents (Caribbean) we have records of Mandinka, Bambara and Mande people. All this time I didn't know the Bambara were the same people. Thanks for the sharing.
Yep Fasho we Have Them Cwpe Verde Too They Our People Along With Lebou/Serer People 🤎✌🏾
@@SHANNY13_96 do you have some people in cap verde tracing their roots among Bambara and mandinka?
@@keitahassane4367 a Lot Of Folks Are Either Mandinka Bambara Funani Wolof Badiwz From Santiagu praya/Praia Or Countryside But We So Diverse There's That Got Different West African Dna Ancestry Cuz They Brought From All Over West Africa Also There Other Folks Out There They Might Find West African In Them Because They Mess With Badiwz But Their Ancestors Was Brought Here From South Asia Goa Island And Sri Lanka Then You Got What We Call Fake Cape Verdeans The Multiracial Aka Sampadjuduz Or Krioles/Krioluz Or Kriolaz If Is A Female The Confused Creatures With Identity Crisis Them Be The Ones That Be Have People Thing We Don't Consider Ourselves West Africans/Africans So Yeh There's A Lot Of Bambara Funani Mandinka Descendants But They Can Have Different Tribes Because Folks From Different Tribes Mess With Each Other If U Get What I'm Saying!!!"
Good job my brother Gambia we are one Family 🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲☝️
Just found out my great great grandmother was a Mandinka Princess!
I've always wondered what was the difference between Mandinka and Mende. They are the same; however, they are called by whatever country they are in. Thanks for clarifying that. Will you please do a video on what spiritual system the Mandingo/Mandinkas practice before Islam? What was their spiritual belief? Also, the origin of the Dogon belief? Thank you so much.
Big up from Senegal I’m wolof
Am a student but I learned so many things in your videos thank you bro 🎉🎉🎉
This is the Constitution of Manding King Sounjata Keita in Guruka Fuga,786 years ago, but you think European 🇪🇺 brings us the civilization, and that is what they made you to believe,
44, COMMAANDMENTS OF MANDINKOS THE CHARTER OF KURUKA FUGA (BY SIRIMAN KOUYATE, CHATER OF KURUKA FUGA
1 The great mande society is divided into sixteen clans of quiver carriers, five clans of Marabouts, four groups of "Nyamakalas "and one group of Slav, each one has a specific and role
2 The “nyamakalas” have to devote
themselves to tell the truth to the
chiefs, to be their
counsellors and to defend by the
speech the established rulers and
the order upon the
whole territory.
3. The five clans of marabouts are
our teachers and our educators in
Islam .Everyone
has to hold them in respect and
consideration.
4. The society is divided into age
groups .Belong to the some age-
group the people
(men or women) who are born
during a period three years in
secession.
The members of the intermediary
class between young and old people
should be
invited to take part in taking
important concerning the society.
5. Every body has a right to life and
to the preservation of its physical
integrity
.Accordingly; any attempt to deprive
one’s fellow being of life is punished
with death
6. To win the battle of prosperity,
the general system of supervision
has been
established in order to fight against
laziness and idleness
7. It has been established among
the Mandenkas,the sanankunya
(joking relationship)
and the tanamannyonya (blood
pact ). Consequently any contention
that occurs among
these groupsshould not degenerate,
the respect for one another being
the rule
.Between brothers- in-law and
sisters-in law, between grandparents
and grand-children,
tolerance and rag should be the
principle.
8. The keita‘s family is nominated
reigning family upon the empire.
9. The children’s education behoves
the entire society .The paternal
authority in
consequence falls to everyone.
2
10. We should offer condolences
mutually
11. When your wife or your child
runs away stop running after her/
him in the neighbour’s
house.
12. The succession being
patrilineary, do never give up the
power to a son when of his
fat hers is still alive .Do never give
up the power to a minor just
because he has goods.
13. Do never offend the Nyaras.
14. Do never offend women, our
mothers.
15. Do never beat a married woman
before having her husband interfere
unsuccessfully
16. Women, apart from their
everyday occupations, should be
associated with all our
managements
17. Lies that have lived for 40years
should be considered like truths.
18. We should respect the law of
primogeniture.
19. Any man has two parents-in-law:
the parents of the girl we failed to
have and the
speech wee deliver without any
constraint .We have to hold them in
respect and
consideration.
20. Do not ill treat the slaves. We
are the master of the slave but not
of the bag he
carries.
21. Do not follow up with your
constant attentions the wives of the
chief, of the
neighbour, of the marabouts of the
priests, of the friend and the
partner.
22. Vanity is the token of weakness
and humility is the one of nobility.
23. Do never betray one
another .Respect your word of
honour.
24. In Mande do never wrong
foreigners.
25The ambassador does not risk
anything in Mande.
26. The bull confided to your care
should not lead the cattle -pen
27. The young lady can get married
early as she is pubescent.
28. The young man can get married
from 20 years old
29. The amount of the dowry is 3
bovines: one for the girl, two for her
father and mother.
30. In Mande, the divorce is
tolerated for one of the following
reasons: the impotence of
the husband, the madness of one of
the spouses, the husband’s
incapability of
3
assuming the obligations due to the
marriage .the divorce should occur
out of the
village.
31. We should help those who are in
need.
32. There are five ways to acquire
the property: the buying, the
donation, the exchange,
the work and the inheriting .Any
other form without convincing
testimony is doubtful.
33. Any object found without known
owner becomes common property
only after four
years.
34. The fourth bringing forth of a
heifer confided is the property of
the guardian of the
laying hen.
35. One bovine should be exchanged
for four sheep or four goats.
36. To satisfy one’s hunger is not a
robbery if you don’t take away
anything in your bag
or your pocket.
37. Fakombè is nominated chief of
hunters.
38. Before setting fire to the bush,
don’t look at the ground, rise your
head in the
direction of the top of the trees to
see if they don’t bear fruits or
flowers
39. Domestic animal should be tied
during cultivation moment and freed
after the
harvest .The dog, the cat, the duck
and the poultry are not bound by
the measure.
40. Respect the kinship, marriage
and the neighbourhood.
41. You can kill the enemy, but not
humiliate him.
42. In big assemblies, be satisfied
with your lawful representatives.
43. Balla Fassakè Kouyaté is
nominated big chief of ceremonies
and main mediator in
Mande .He is allowed to joke with all
groups, in priority with the royal
family.
44. All those who will transgress
these rules will be
punished .Everyone is bound to
make effective their implementation.
Great video, especially for me who doesn't understand much English, but your conversation is perfect. I did an ancestry test recently and it showed Mande ethnicity, I think maybe they went to the state of Bahia in Brazil....
Awesome.
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🤎From A Cape Verdean Curaçaoan Stista✌🏾
Thank you. Very informative video. Yes. Please do more videos about the tribal life in and around The Gambia. I am fulhani from what I have been told. My family is from Benin in what is now called Nigeria, but my grand parents about six generations past were taken slaves during the wars with the British and tribes that joined them. Much of what I learn today is shedding light on stories I have been told when I was younger.
@D E Raptor I will do that. My next video will be about the Fulani people
Just found out my lineage comes from the Mandinka tribe. We were slaves in the US in St Croix.
Awesome mashallah
We always need this kind lectures to the children of the future.thank you lamarana.
Your brother Madinka from Mali.
Great topic
Very informative I am still learning
Mash’Allah! Thx for such a nice video!
Very good video. Thank you very informative. Subscribed. Keep bringing this information I love it!👍
Great & informative video. Loved the info shared about the beautiful Mandinka people
Well spoken ❤
Nice bro. Halat..
Eid Mubarak, 🙏👍💯✊🏾
Eid Mubarak 🤲🏾
Thank you for sharing insight as to the make up of some of Africa’s tribes. It’s really something of how when you only look at the surface, you may not see very much, but when you roll back the curtain, what’s revealed is a wealth of knowledge.
Good education
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I am from the Mande group of Sierra Leone
Great video! Keep up the great work!
my grandmother trinidad, said she came from the mandinka people proud to know my ancestry
Thank you so much. We believe we are Bambara by way of Exuma, Bahamas. Do you have video links to anything about them being brought to that area? Jazakallahu khayran!🙏🏽
Good job, brother. Much respect. Peace from California.
Great information!
To prepare the children of the future
I found the bit about the hierarchy very interesting. please do some more videos about the mandinka people. my husband's mandinka and I think he gets a bit fed up of me keep asking him and asking him like he's not actually history teacher. He's a Jammeh. But I really dont like the food.
Thank you Valerie, I will do more videos about the Mandinka. 😂 the food is great especially domoda/peanut butter stew just give a try.
This is the Constitution of Manding King Sounjata Keita in Guruka Fuga,786 years ago, but you think European 🇪🇺 brings us the civilization, and that is what they made you to believe,
44, COMMAANDMENTS OF MANDINKOS THE CHARTER OF KURUKA FUGA (BY SIRIMAN KOUYATE, CHATER OF KURUKA FUGA
1 The great mande society is divided into sixteen clans of quiver carriers, five clans of Marabouts, four groups of "Nyamakalas "and one group of Slav, each one has a specific and role
2 The “nyamakalas” have to devote
themselves to tell the truth to the
chiefs, to be their
counsellors and to defend by the
speech the established rulers and
the order upon the
whole territory.
3. The five clans of marabouts are
our teachers and our educators in
Islam .Everyone
has to hold them in respect and
consideration.
4. The society is divided into age
groups .Belong to the some age-
group the people
(men or women) who are born
during a period three years in
secession.
The members of the intermediary
class between young and old people
should be
invited to take part in taking
important concerning the society.
5. Every body has a right to life and
to the preservation of its physical
integrity
.Accordingly; any attempt to deprive
one’s fellow being of life is punished
with death
6. To win the battle of prosperity,
the general system of supervision
has been
established in order to fight against
laziness and idleness
7. It has been established among
the Mandenkas,the sanankunya
(joking relationship)
and the tanamannyonya (blood
pact ). Consequently any contention
that occurs among
these groupsshould not degenerate,
the respect for one another being
the rule
.Between brothers- in-law and
sisters-in law, between grandparents
and grand-children,
tolerance and rag should be the
principle.
8. The keita‘s family is nominated
reigning family upon the empire.
9. The children’s education behoves
the entire society .The paternal
authority in
consequence falls to everyone.
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10. We should offer condolences
mutually
11. When your wife or your child
runs away stop running after her/
him in the neighbour’s
house.
12. The succession being
patrilineary, do never give up the
power to a son when of his
fat hers is still alive .Do never give
up the power to a minor just
because he has goods.
13. Do never offend the Nyaras.
14. Do never offend women, our
mothers.
15. Do never beat a married woman
before having her husband interfere
unsuccessfully
16. Women, apart from their
everyday occupations, should be
associated with all our
managements
17. Lies that have lived for 40years
should be considered like truths.
18. We should respect the law of
primogeniture.
19. Any man has two parents-in-law:
the parents of the girl we failed to
have and the
speech wee deliver without any
constraint .We have to hold them in
respect and
consideration.
20. Do not ill treat the slaves. We
are the master of the slave but not
of the bag he
carries.
21. Do not follow up with your
constant attentions the wives of the
chief, of the
neighbour, of the marabouts of the
priests, of the friend and the
partner.
22. Vanity is the token of weakness
and humility is the one of nobility.
23. Do never betray one
another .Respect your word of
honour.
24. In Mande do never wrong
foreigners.
25The ambassador does not risk
anything in Mande.
26. The bull confided to your care
should not lead the cattle -pen
27. The young lady can get married
early as she is pubescent.
28. The young man can get married
from 20 years old
29. The amount of the dowry is 3
bovines: one for the girl, two for her
father and mother.
30. In Mande, the divorce is
tolerated for one of the following
reasons: the impotence of
the husband, the madness of one of
the spouses, the husband’s
incapability of
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assuming the obligations due to the
marriage .the divorce should occur
out of the
village.
31. We should help those who are in
need.
32. There are five ways to acquire
the property: the buying, the
donation, the exchange,
the work and the inheriting .Any
other form without convincing
testimony is doubtful.
33. Any object found without known
owner becomes common property
only after four
years.
34. The fourth bringing forth of a
heifer confided is the property of
the guardian of the
laying hen.
35. One bovine should be exchanged
for four sheep or four goats.
36. To satisfy one’s hunger is not a
robbery if you don’t take away
anything in your bag
or your pocket.
37. Fakombè is nominated chief of
hunters.
38. Before setting fire to the bush,
don’t look at the ground, rise your
head in the
direction of the top of the trees to
see if they don’t bear fruits or
flowers
39. Domestic animal should be tied
during cultivation moment and freed
after the
harvest .The dog, the cat, the duck
and the poultry are not bound by
the measure.
40. Respect the kinship, marriage
and the neighbourhood.
41. You can kill the enemy, but not
humiliate him.
42. In big assemblies, be satisfied
with your lawful representatives.
43. Balla Fassakè Kouyaté is
nominated big chief of ceremonies
and main mediator in
Mande .He is allowed to joke with all
groups, in priority with the royal
family.
44. All those who will transgress
these rules will be
punished .Everyone is bound to
make effective their implementation.
Great thorough explanation ❤
Liberia as well
Mandingo from 🇱🇷
Just found out my grandmother was a Mandinka
Thank you
Are mandinka and mende of Sierra Leone related? Are they the same people?
vai, kpelle and mende from sierra leone are all mandingue/mandinkas group.
The same way germans, swedish and danish are germanic for comparison
They are both part of the Mande Ethnic group of people, but two different tribes.
Thanks you so much bro ❤❤🇬🇲
Thank you for this video
And modern day Ghana. The Gonja people or Guan people are Mandingo. We are mandingo
Good history keep it up.village levels u have kabilo head (suteyor ), then Alkalo,
I’m doumbia descendant of fakoly 🥰
...and the ones in Trinidad/Tobago and Louisiana. Distinguished people.
Most of the Caribbean blacks are mandinias. Direct from the west coast Africa.
@@luinomrkt2111 no, not most, not at all. Many more are Ibo and Yoruba and Mende. Check the census for the main ports in the Caribbean and you will see.
@@sgreeni but Mende are replica to mandinka in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
@@mohamedsdiaby I have been told both tribes are very different. I live among them and they are not like the Mandinkas.
@@sgreeni hum, ok .. But I myself am a jahanka tribe little bit different dialect from the mandinka but another branch of mandinka… Remember the mandinka empire was almost all over west Africa, so you got different mandinka dialects with different tribe names in various west African countries…
You are doing are great job brother
Very informative.
As a descendant of enslaved Africans here in the West, I would urge you not the use the term slaves because it's a real turn-off for us. It conjures up a lot of negative emotions toward Africans on the continent, especially since we were taught that Africans sold our ancestors. According to my DNA test, I am part Igbo, Mandinka, and Fante. I want to feel a kinship with them and not hatred, resentment, or anger.
Slave does carry a negatice connotation in Western culture; however, in this sense, it means a Servant like in the Torah/Bible; it's not the chattle slavery of the slave trade wars. Servants are treated with respect & kindness.
Go cry into a River. They were slaves, there's no tiptoeing around it. Would you rather call them involuntarily migrated workers? That's ridiculous and stop impinging your fragility to everyone else.
Our ancestors were slaves. Get over it. Be proud of what they built and the ppl that we are. I'm African-American, my ancestors were slaves and I'll NEVER be ashamed of that.
slavery happened our ancestors were slaves these are facts
Deut 28:68 @@Gigi-fp8pd
I am also Mandinka according to DNA ancestry
I’m African American and most of my genetic makeup is closest related to Fulani, Hausa, and Mandinka
But according to since sunjata took over power he created constitution across all the manding empire that he banned slavery and if they found anyone sales a slave you face the low
Are bambara and mandinka the same people
Yes we are, the language really has no differences except some pronunciation but that’s it
Yes sir 👌
MANDINGKAS CAN BE TERACE ALL THE WAY TO BENIN, THE MENDES.. THE LARGES ETHNIC SOCIATY IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA.. ONE OF THE RICHES KING IN THE WORLD WAS A MANDINGKA .. MANSA MUSA OF THE GREAT KINDOM OF MALI EMPIRE...👑💪🏾💪🏾
How did Islam come to the Mandinka people, do you know what they were before Islam?
Mandinka converted to Islam through trade and some ways black mail, when the Arabs invade North Africa , they sit on the trade route which connect sahel to outside world, many ethic groups including mandinka has direct contact with the Arabs.
@Pistor Drammeh you right about the history. Many thought that Islam was spread within the sahel by the sword. Islam came to the Mali empire through trade.
We must remember that the Arabs were trading with the Africans for 0ver 300 years before the coming of the whiteman. Nonetheless, we did have few Marabout wars in the Gambia subsequently as a result of Foday Kaba Dumbuya's threats and use of force to convert especially the Jolas. We also had Foday Sillah too. The British together with majority Gambians were able curtail his religious ambitions. Majority Gambians accepted Islam on their own volition.
Most Africans practiced various African spirituality in the form of "spiritual incantations". We still have these beliefs in certain African societies and even across the Caribbean especially in Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, Jamaica, and Brazil in south America.
Don't the Mandinka claim descent from Bilali, the Azan for the Prophet Muhammad saw?
Maa Shaa Allah! Just came across this today. Thank you for enlightening us. I've subscribed and shall be surely following your posts, Inn Shaa Allah. ❤❤❤
Nice video bro very informative Im asking for some advice I'm married to a mandika from Gambia I'm a Trinidadian living in N.Y I married her in 2015 in Gambia but the relationship is terrible is it something about the mandika women that is not correct is it some how bro I can get in contact with u
@ omar Spencer please email me at halatafricashow@gmail.com.
What about the jelly’s the story teller who play the kora like Susso thats my family name
Mandinka have the ever richest man in the world called mansa musa
Mandika spoke Gambia 🇬🇲 & Senegal 🇸🇳 like sayed about wolof the same thing?
You are using the wrong word...They were not slaves but "servants." Your translation is wrong. Servants are not slaves. Those people you talked about in the Mandingo society were servants.
I am not sue Musa Mense was from Mali or Gambia,Maximum of the Gambia People are Muslims,In the last days of Hajj our beloved Nabi Karim SWS said"From today I am abolishing all titles & non Arab & Arab Muslims all are equal in the Eyes of Allah Subhanwatala"In Gambia women are equal to Man,No Man or any people can be treated as slaves.Like Hindus they have class system,Muslims are all equal in the Eyes of Allah.Constitution must be changed & equal rights to be given every man & man also women.For a development of a country women must should be brought for development not as slaves or sex enjoyment which is prohibited in Islam.I pray to Allah Subhanwatala to give all the oppressed people & women should be free like Hazrat Belal{R} Even Prophet said Belal will go to haven before me.
Im not sure why I feel like I know you, maybe you have a familiar face. 🙂
Some of them are Israelites.
The so called slaves were actually domestic servants .
So slaves 🤷🏿♂️
I get that slavery was different in West Africa from the West but it's still slavery and I see it is still happening in some of our African societies around the world(Africa, Caribbean, Haiti etc)
@@iTuber012 I do not think what we are seeing now is modeled after the African servitude slavery but more like western slavery. However, you are right because slavery is slavery.
@@iTuber012 they are not force to do anything..you just don't understand the system and how it worked but it have nothing do with the slavery you talking about from the west..your cousin can be your slave if you have a big day like getting married no chains involved.
@@iTuber012 not exactly mansa sakura went from slave to emperor in the mali empire, also slaves could have slaves themselves so indentured servitude would be a more correct word in terms of west africa at least for that part of west africa.
Servants not slaves
Good commentary but slavery is not acceptable.
Mandinka is a family that consists of different tribes and languages. The Mandinko in the Gambia do not speak malinké. They are all different languages.
Not different similar language is same people, this happens to all major tribes even fulas have it.it also depends where u are u can called manding people different names depending where u are.eg Djula in ivory Coast, sirrelone mende,Liberia mandingo Gambia, Guinea Bissau, cassamase mandinkas, mali Bambara or mandingue, guinea malinke, Bukina Faso Djula, Ghana waranka. All language are same is called Nko.
@@sankungsuwaneh3871 absolutely true , the same people different dialects and different countries.. including us the jahankas
Mandinkas and Bambara,no.difference. Just verify the counting method, the same. Its only tonal difference and pronounced of certain words or dialect. Its the of the same of Fulani of Senegal or Nigeria, Niger or Mali or Guinea who don't even understand each other. Am Mandinka, but i can communicate in Bambara and never gone to Mali. We are same as Jula, Malinke in Guinea or Konianka or even the Kuranko of Sierra Leone
Kahdija go and know much about your fulani plz 😅learn more plz