Talk:Mandinka people

message: Is there any overlap between this article and Mandé? --Joy [shallot] 19:14, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. It seems that there could be a serious reworking of the entire set of pages on "Manding" peoples and the larger Mande group, and their languages. It is easy to get confused over the relationship among them. A12n 17:10, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mande? 

message: === Kunta Kinte ? ===
There is already an article about him, that states his Mandinka origins Kunta Kinte
=== Mr.T - a descendant of the Mandinka people?===
Didn't Mr.T say in "Be Somebody..or be somebody's fool" that he descended from the Mandinka people, in the scene by the tree in the park where he explains all the children about the importance of roots? Mogura 16:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other famous Mandinka people 

message: Didn't Mr.T say in "Be Somebody..or be somebody's fool" that he descended from the Mandinka people, in the scene by the tree in the park where he explains all the children about the importance of roots? Mogura 16:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mr.T - a descendant of the Mandinka people?

message: The bit on Islam seems to have a systematic bias. just my thoughts
: The use of the word "understand" implies fact - "believe" is more appropriate under a spiritual belief section - as to remain impartial to all other belief systems.  Wikipedia should make no direct claims as to the state of correctness of any religion.  Nicholas SL Smith 03:32, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Islam 

message: The quoted figures for populations in various countries are surprisingly precise.  If there is a source for these figures, could they please be cited, so that we do not suspect that strange games are being played with the numbers, as they have been with other data relating to Sierra Leone?  dbfirs 15:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population figures. 

message: Well, its a mess.  I've re-written the lead, and some of the culture and history, but theres much more to do.  Perhaps something could be adapted form the Mende peoples article?
It seems to have been taken verbaitum from a evangelical Christian website here http://www.mandinkapeople.com/whoarethemnk.htm.  Then someone, seeing that it was dismissive of Mandinka culture (esp. religion),  basically wrote in an essay on what good Muslims all Mandinka people are.  THEN, some guy from Romainia who has issues with Islam edited it further, as part of a project started at Islam in Africa to convince people African Muslims were responsible for the Atlantic Slave trade.  I've removed the last two, and hacked at the first, but that basically means the culture section needs to be re-written from scratch.  I'll check back in the next week, and add bits, especially drawn from Boubacar Barry's Senegambia and the Atlantic Slave Trade, as the history of conflicting states in the Senegambian interior is crucial here (roughly 1700-1880s).  Much other help is needed. T L Miles (talk) 02:34, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why I've begun re-writing this article

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Sekou Conneh.png

message: The explorer had a lot to say about the Mandinka in his book.
 Park, Mungo (1816). Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. London: John Murray.
And none of the editors of this page have referred to it.MidlandLinda (talk) 19:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neglected source 

message: Yet another Wikipedia article pussyfoots around the disgusting practice of the genital mutilation of children in Africa, presumably for PC reasons. I'm very disappointed but not surprised. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 20:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genital mutilation 

message: A small section could be added on Mandinka drumming and the drums used by the Mandinka- the kutiro, kutirindingo and sabaro.  They are peg drums, smaller than sabar, but like sabar they are played with one hand and one stick, usually with three drummers.  There are a few good recordings of kutiroo music- one by Mamadou Ly, and also Jelibaa Kuyateh (Gambian Kora star who mixes contemporary and traditional styles) has a kutiro section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.18.195.36 (talk) 06:36, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kutiro 

message: This entire section is a mess. Masses of red links, and it's nothing more than a random collection of names, without rhyme or reason. I don't see how this would be useful to a reader wanting to learn about Mandinka people. This isn't material for an encyclopaedia article. The section should be deleted in its entirety. --MichiHenning (talk) 04:55, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mandinka people by country 

message: The following was added by an anonymous editor: "Mandinga -- as this people group is referenced in nearly all Capoeira Lore reaching back to West Africa as the 'Musical Hunters.'  "
Considering the use of the word to describe fetishes among people of African origins in Brazil (), it seems plausible that this is indeed the same word. Islam did spread among Mandinkas somewhat earlier than among most other West African peoples. The semantic development would have been "Mandinka" > "Muslim" > "incomprehensible Muslim ritual" > "magic" > "ability in capoeira" (). However, that's still just a guess and it should be sourced; furthermore, this unexpected use of the word in another language certainly does not belong in the lede.--91.148.130.233 (talk) 02:06, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection with capoeira 

message: Looks like the only people of note that Senegal has ever managed to come up with are footballers. I'm sure that readers who want to learn about the Mandinka will be pleased to find out that, mostly, the Mandinka are footballers, at least in Senegal… MichiHenning (talk) 08:46, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Footballers 

message: In the lede, a population of 11 million is given. In the infobox, the total is listed as 35 million. However, adding together the regions (nations) of Mandika nationals, we only get about 20 million.
I do not know the correct numbers, but this is jarring in its divergence. Sure, different sources might vary. But to have more than 3x difference listed in different places "above the fold" is definitely not good. Memories of lost time (talk) 17:46, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've updated the population estimates to 2018 figures from the The World Factbook (CIA), and the total comes, gratifyingly, to 11,200,827, which is within the parameters of "circa" 11 million. Thanks for pointing out this discrepancy. Carlstak (talk) 04:49, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population dramatically inconsistent 

message: ====France====
Lamine Cissé (born 15 February 2003), French professional footballer for AS Nancy-Lorraine. Born in France of Senegalese descent
: =====Similarly with this person (for Senegal) that I almost added without knowing if he is Mandinka=====
:* Lamine Moise Cissé, former Senegalese footballer
:49.177.73.238 (talk) 13:16, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Europe 

message: Lamine Cissé (born 15 February 2003), French professional footballer for AS Nancy-Lorraine. Born in France of Senegalese descent
: =====Similarly with this person (for Senegal) that I almost added without knowing if he is Mandinka=====
:* Lamine Moise Cissé, former Senegalese footballer
:49.177.73.238 (talk) 13:16, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: France

message: I'm a musician, and was familiar already with the fact that this group is known to have as a significant part of its cultural heritage a rather distinctive musical tradition. This is mentioned in the article, but I wonder also if a separate article could be made, which could get into greater detail about the contours and significance of "Mandingue music"? French wikipedia, for example, has a separate article on this: Musique mandingue 
Jackie.salzinger (talk) 14:59, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate music article? 

message: sierra leone also has the madinka ethnicity group but it is referred to as "madingo" instead 86.171.168.81 (talk) 23:46, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  the countries which have the madinka ethnicity