Mutanen Marka

Mutanen Marka (kuma Marka Dafing, Meka, ko Maraka) mutanen Mande ne na arewa maso yammacin Mali. Suna magana da yaren Marka, yaren Manding. Wasu daga cikin Maraka (Mutanen Dafin ana samunsu a Ghana.

 Tarihi 
Al'ummomin musulmi ƴan kasuwa a lokacin daular Bambara, Maraka sun kasance suna kula da kasuwancin hamada tsakanin al'ummomin sahel da kuma ƙabilun berber makiyaya da suka tsallaka sahara. Bambara sun haɗa al'ummomin Maraka cikin tsarin jiharsu, kuma wuraren kasuwancin Maraka da gonaki sun ninka a cikin yankin Segu da ƙauyukan Kaarta a ƙarni na 18 da farkon 19th. Lokacin da daular Bambara arna ta sha kaye a hannun ɗan uwansa musulmi Umar Tall a shekarun 1850, sana'ar Maraka ta musamman da kuma rangwame na fili ta samu ɓarnar da ba ta samu ba.

 Yau 
A yau akwai kusan masu magana da Marka 25,000, kuma an haɗa su a tsakanin maƙwabtansu na Soninke da Bambara.

 Al'adu 
Mutanen Marka mabiya addinin Musulunci ne.https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=J1Ipt5A9mLMC&dq=maraka+islam&pg=PA76&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=maraka%20islam&f=false 

 Manazarta 

 Richard L. Roberts. Jarumai, ‘Yan kasuwa da Bayi: Jiha da Tattalin Arziki a Kwarin Neja ta Tsakiya 1700-1914 . Jami'ar Stanford Press (1987),  .
 Richard L. Roberts. Ƙirƙira da Haihuwar Jihohin Jarumi: Segu Bambara da Segu Tokolor, c. 1712-1890. Jaridar Duniya ta Nazarin Tarihi ta Afirka, Vol. 13, Ba. 3 (1980), pp. 389-419.
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