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	Maninka language resources
		The Maninka of Guinea The Maninka are a subgroup of a much larger people group known as the Mande, who inhabit the western portion of Africa's northern plains and coastal forests.
		Maninka of Guinea Bissau The Maninka are a sub-group of a much larger people group known as the Mande, who inhabit the western portion of Africa's northern plains and coastal forests.
		The Maninka of Sierra Leone The Maninka inhabit the tropical rain forests of Sierra Leone.
	mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Maninka.html (1213 words)

	N'Ko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		N'Ko literacy was instrumental in shaping the Maninka cultural identity in Guinea, and has also strengthened the Mande identity in other parts of West Africa (Oyler 1994).
		As of 2005, it is principally used in Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire (respectively by Maninka and Dyula-speakers), with an active user community in Mali (by Bambara-speakers).
		The literary language used is intended as a koine blending elements of the principal Manding languages (which are mutually intelligible), but has a particularly strong Maninka flavour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/N'Ko (630 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:emk
		Maninka, Mande, Southern Maninka, Kankan Maninka, Eastern Malinke
		Maninka of Liberia is the same as Maninka of Guinea (Eastern Maninkakan), Bambara of Mali and parts of Senegal is not vastly different.
		Eastern Maninkakan of Côte d'Ivoire is close to Bambara; Western Maninkakan of south central and southeast Senegal is considerably different.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=emk (240 words)

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		In maninka, there are two "o" sounds and two "e" sounds, all which can be expressed in written french but not in english.
		Where are you going? "To like" or "To love" The verb "to like" is expressed in maninka with the adjective "di," which means "sweet." The "-man" form of this adjective is "duman." This verb is often used with food, though it might be used to describe good music, a good film, or a pet.
		Maninka is heavily influenced in the north by bambara from Mali.
	www.friendsofguinea.org /malinke.doc (14289 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Maninka are a sub-group of a much larger people group known as the Mande, who inhabit the western portion of Africa's northern plains and coastal forests.
		The Maninka have adapted the doctrines of Islam to their own beliefs, resulting in a wide variety of sects.
		The Maninka of Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia;
	kcm.co.kr /bethany_eng/p_code2/184.html (813 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:MNI
		Maninka of Liberia is the same as Maninka of Guinea (southern Maninka), Bambara of Mali and parts of Senegal is not vastly different.
		Southeastern Maninka of Côte d'Ivoire is close to Bambara; Western Maninka of south central and southeast Senegal is considerably different.
		Wasulu is a dialect of Kankan Maninka in Guinea, but of Bambara in Mali.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=MNI (187 words)

	Assignment Details
		The Maninka people of Guinea are a population segment bound by two belief systems: Folk Islam and African Traditional Religion.
		By serving among the 500,000 plus Maninka people in Conakry, you will be bringing truth to an area dominated by a major world religion,intermingled with African Traditional Religion.
		Strategy involves: 1)housing located in a Maninka neighborhood and 2)a place where the family can feel secure but at the same time their home will be a welcoming place to minister to the people.
	going.imb.org /assignmentdetails.asp?Need_Number=72186&thetable=2 (1310 words)

	Oakbrook Community Church
		SIM has a small church planting team working among the Maninka, a Muslim people group located primarily in the upper part of the country.
		4) For the small number of Maninka believers to stay firm in their faith; there is tremendous pressure to return to Islam.
		Pray for those Maninka who are seeking after truth, that God will reveal Himself to them.
	www.occlansing.org /bauerle.php (563 words)

	SIM Canada
		The Maninka are spread across the continent of Africa in nine countries, including Sénégal, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Sierra Leone.
		The Maninka have a system of occupational castes, the most important of which are the musicians and flsmiths, who are set apart in society and revered.
		The Maninka are generally open to discuss spiritual matters and are fascinated by them.
	www.sim.ca /index.php?section=PeopleGroups&view=28 (453 words)

	Assignment Details
		The Maninka people of Guinea are bound by two belief systems: Folk Islam and African Traditional Religion.
		As you engage in community outreach among Maninka people in northeast Guinea your passion will be to push continually toward the edge of lostness in the region.
		Strategy involves: 1)housing among the Maninka people in a village or a courtyard with other Maninka people 2)a place where you could communicate and correspond with others 3)a place where you could retreat for small periods of rest.
	going.imb.org /assignmentdetails.asp?Need_Number=79562&thetable=1 (1251 words)

	Maninka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On December 2, 1990 we adopted the Maninka (and on October 26, 1996 we reaffirmed that adoption).
		Soon four of our families were living among the Maninka seeking to bear witness to the beauty and glory of Jesus Christ using the language and the customs of the Maninka.
		For example, all of the Maninka of Guinea are within radio range, but a missionary is lacking who could coordinate the production of programs for broadcasting and raising the finances to support such a ministry.
	www.bbcmpls.org:16080 /foreignmissions/Maninka.htm (2907 words)

	Our Redeemer Lutheran Church - Missions - Oetting Family
		Jonathan and Sharon Oetting are serving as evangelistic missionaries to the Maninka people group in Guinea, West Africa.
		The Maninka are considered an un-reached people with Maninka Christian believers comprising less than one percent of the total population.
		LCMS World Mission's work among the Maninka started in 1998 when the Oettings were assigned to this people group.
	www.orlhutch.org /oetting.htm (331 words)

	Dianne White Oyler.. kankan
		As with the Sundiata epic, an account of the origins of the ancient Mali empire and a representation of its founding, the Kanté tale is transmitted in verse form.
		Kanté’s greatest contribution, one must observe, was that he promoted Mande unity by using Mande language and an indigenous created alphabet as the cultural thread to draw together and to focus the speakers of Mande languages on the value of history and culture.
		If they were truly going to understand Islam, translating Arabic into the Maninka language was mandatory to get to all the levels of meaning in the printed text (Personal Interviews 9, 62, 70).
	www.fakoli.net /kanjamadi/n'ko&oraltradition.html (6551 words)

	..::Guinea::
		SIM missionaries are concentrating their efforts among the Muslim Maninka in northern Guinea, centred in the city of Kankan.
		It is said that to be Maninka is to be Muslim.
		SIM missionaries are also partnering with Pioneer Bible Translators to produce the Bible in Maninka and to develop a literacy program.
	www.sim.org.za /where/guinea.htm (378 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Maninka are a subgroup of a much larger people group known as the Mande, who inhabit the western portion of Africa's northern plains and coastal forests.
		The Maninka are known for their ingenuity and leadership qualities, as well as their trading, farming, and mining abilities.
		The Maninka of Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Liberia;
	kcm.co.kr /bethany_eng/p_code1/556.html (800 words)

	ManinkaSupport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		MAT champion the vision and burden for the salvation of the Maninka through:
		Publishing a monthly "Maninka Moments" in the worship folder.
		Networking -- Collaborating with other churches that have adopted the Maninka for the purpose of sharing encouragement, information and resources.
	www.bbcmpls.org /foreignmissions/ManinkaSupport.htm (80 words)

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		The Maninka of Guinea are oral rather than literate.
		Maninka people having the opportunity to hear the Good News of Jesus in a way they can readily understand.
		Maninka believers like DK, the Genesis narrator, are taking important roles in this effort so that eventually it will be completely Maninka-led.
	www.sim.org /ministry.php?fun=12&mid=11&prid=143 (384 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Maninka of Senegal are a sub-group of a much larger people group known as the Mande, who inhabit the western portion of Africa's northern plains and coastal forests.
		Since the Maninka were not required by Islamic leaders to abandon their old customs and mystical beliefs, Islam was simply mixed with their traditional religions.
		The Maninka of Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia;
	kcm.co.kr /bethany_eng/p_code2/1678.html (795 words)

	Ethnologue: Guinea
		(MALINKA, NORTHWESTERN MANINKA) [MLQ] 73,500 Wassulunke in Guinea (1991 Vanderaa); 668,000 in Mali (1993); 258,500 in Senegal (1991); 15,000 in Côte d'Ivoire (1991); 1,015,000 in all countries.
		(MANDE, SOUTHERN MANINKA, MANINKA-MORI) [MNI] 1,816,500 in Guinea (1991 L. Vanderaa CRC), 25% of the population (1986), including 128,400 Konyanka; 33,800 in Liberia (1991); 200,000 in Mali (1991 Vanderaa); 90,000 in Sierra Leone (1991); 2,140,300 in all countries.
		Southeastern Maninka of Côte d'Ivoire is close to Bambara, western Malinke of south central and southeast Senegal is considerably different.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Guin.html (1104 words)

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		Missionaries Jon and Sharon Oetting arrived in Guinea in 1997 to assist with the Maninka outreach.
		Tim, Heidi, and Philip Norton moved to Guinea from Cote d'Ivoire and are assisting the Oettings in bringing the love of Jesus to the Maninka people.
		After spending a year in Liberia studying tropical medicine as a volunteer missionary, Dr. Kristen Schmaltz has answered God's call to be a missionary doctor in Guinea, specializing in pediatric medicine.
	www.hopelutheran.org /missions.html (185 words)

	A Guide to the Jembe
		Maninka is a local pronunciation of Mande-nka, which means person from Mande.
		Among the Maninka they are known as jeli --they are called griots by the French--and there are three instruments which are exclusively reserved for them: kora (a 21-stringed harp), bala or balafon (xylophone), and koni or ngoni (a 4- or 5-stringed lute).
		There are widespread core Maninka rhythms and dances such as Dundunba (one of the most widely recorded jembe rhythms), as well as more geographically limited dances such as Soli (Maninka of Guinea), Dansa (Xasonke of Mali) and Sunu (Bamana of Mali).
	echarry.web.wesleyan.edu /jembearticle/article.html (4046 words)

	Virtual Instrument Museum
		The term most likely comes from the bala of the Maninka of Guinea and Mali.
		Bala fo literally means to "to play the bala" in the Maninka language.
		Other than the Maninka bala, the dozens of xylophones in West Africa have their own names.
	learningobjects.wesleyan.edu /vim/cgi-bin/instrument.cgi?id=20 (105 words)

	Country
		Soon, however, they will go to Guinea and as God provides pathways, will live among the native Maninka people to learn the tribal language and culture.
		The Maninka are one of the least evangelized groups in Africa, with only 30 known Christians among a population of 1.7 million.
		Most Maninka integrate Islam with traditional customs and beliefs, practicing divination, healing, and the casting of spells and charms to prevent misfortunes and gain prosperity.
	www.worldventure.com /Serve/Can-I-go-where-I-want-to/Countries/Country/Guinea.aspx (569 words)

	The Oral Tradition - Drumming
		There are three main styles, related to a language and people of the same name: Maninka, Bamana (or Bambara) and Mandinka.
		Classical Manding music is called Maninka and has elaborate melodies and long-flowing vocals.
		An example a Maninka artist is Ami Koita.
	www.si.umich.edu /CHICO/UMS/Drummers/drumming.html (1010 words)

	Mission Network News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		SIM gathered a group together to partake in a Maninka Worship and Songwriting Seminar.
		The goal of the seminar was to combine worship teaching with basic ethnomusicology principles to facilitate the writing of new indigenous Christian songs.
		Please pray that God would continue to give the Maninka new songs and help them to truly live their whole lives in worship to Him.
	www.mnnonline.org /mobile_content/5557 (130 words)

	SIM - Guinea
		Because Christian witness was severely opposed by the Marxist government, and because of a strong Muslim majority, Guinea is one of the least evangelized countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
		SIM missionaries are concentrating their efforts among the Maninka in northern Guinea, centred in the city of Kankan.
		SIMers are partnering with Pioneer Bible Translators to produce the Bible in Maninka, and to develop a literacy programme.
	www.sim.co.uk /standard.asp?id=212 (363 words)

	Bob and Dian Harner :: The Alliance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although it is not required of us, we would like to learn the Maninka language at least well enough to let it be a bridge for building relationships.
		While our major focus will be on reaching the Maninka, we still want to be used by God in helping the C&MA Guinean church to become financially autonomous and to develop strong leadership on all levels.
		Please pray that the government will be able to keep their promises this time and that there will be relief for the struggling people of this impoverished country.
	www.cmalliance.org /im/mlocator/missy.jsp?m=0000018446 (1038 words)

	¤ Souleymane Kanté ¤
		He wrote books in N'ko explaining complex and foreign ideas to Mandé (Maninka) people using their own language.
		On arrival at Agboville, a suburb of Abidjan, he began studying French hoping to transcribe his native language, Maninka (or Malinké), in Latin script.
		Souleymane remembered a Maninka adage: "The roof of a hut from one village will never fit a hut in a different village." Likewise, African languages would never "fit" a foreign alphabet.
	home.gwu.edu /~cwme/Nko/kante.htm (1701 words)

	Adventist Frontier Missions
		Patriarchal and polygamist, their society is known for its ingenuity and leadership.
		The Maninka value honesty, logical thinking, and the ability to speak in public; however, they are very suspicious and men avoid close personal relationships.
		Maninka Islam approves of divination, healing, and certain magical procedures.
	www.afmonline.org /service/calls.php?call_id=49 (98 words)

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