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Mandinka villages are fairly autonomous and self-ruled, being led by a chief and group of elders.
Mandinkas live in one of the poorest areas of the world.
Most Mandinkas are poor subsistence farmers living on the edge of survival; one poor rainy season can spell a year of hunger and despair.
www.mandinkapeople.com /whoarethemnk.htm   (447 words)

  
  JLPCA 2(2) - Marloes Janson: Review of Pfeiffer, Sprache und Musik in Mandinka-Erzählungen, 2001
Mandinka, which belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, is the most widespread language in The Gambia.
Mandinka taaliŋ are orally handed down in informal settings in order to entertain people, especially children.
Pfeiffer draws a distinction between two subgenres of Mandinka taaliŋ: narratives in which people are the main actors and animal stories in which the hare and hyena are the protagonists.
www2.fmg.uva.nl /lpca/jlpca/vol2/janson.html   (2484 words)

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