their women are beautiful

PAPA AFRICA: their women are beautiful

yea they are

Samory Toure one of the most noticeable figure off the Mandinka people.

He is my Hero.

Football Player of Mandinka and Bambara Origins

Mali

Mohammed Cissoko/ Bambara (I think Cissoko is a Bambara name not Mandinka although there is no big difference between them and the Mandinka)
[img]http://juvemania.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sissoko.jpg[/img]

Seydou Keita/ Mandinka


Lassana Diarra


Soumaila Coulibaly/ Mandinka


Mahamadou Diarra

Mandinka Footballers from Guinea

Fode Mansare



Bacary Sana



Ibrahima Somko



Alhassane Keita



Kaba Diawara

Mandinka Footballer-Cote d'Ivoire

Souleymane Bamba



Souleymane Coulibaly



Lacina Traore



Kader Keita Mandinka/Bhete



Bakayoko Ibrahim



Djibril Cisse

[img]http://thearmchairpundits.files./2012/02/djibril-cisse-crazy-footballer-7.jpg[/img]

Abou Diaby

[img]http://1.bp..com/_rheDhgL5vEY/R6DmBGlaRAI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/exPy9NzY56c/s320/abou_diaby.jpg[/img]

Senegal

Souleymane Diawara

[img]http://www.sport.fr/photos/Ligue-1-Souleymane-Diawara-l-OM-99-159827.jpg[/img]

Pape Cisse/ Since Cisse ain't a wolof name but Mandinka or serahuili/soninke i guess he is ever one of the later

Burkina Faso

Bakari Kone


Daouda Diakite
[img]http://www.rfi.fr/sites/images.rfi.fr/files/aef_image/2013-01-29T192705Z_304218960_GM1E91U09J801_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-NATIONS_0.JPG[/img]

Issouf Ouattara (that Issouf guy is a good lookin man )
[img]http://www.lesetoilesdufoot.fr/gestion_fichiers/Issouf%20Ouattara.jpg[/img]

Alain Traore

Sybellah: Burkina Faso

Bakari Kone


Daouda Diakite
[img]http://www.rfi.fr/sites/images.rfi.fr/files/aef_image/2013-01-29T192705Z_304218960_GM1E91U09J801_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-NATIONS_0.JPG[/img]

Issouf Ouattara (that Issouf guy is a good lookin man )
[img]http://www.lesetoilesdufoot.fr/gestion_fichiers/Issouf%20Ouattara.jpg[/img]

Alain Traore

Those Burkinabe Mande can pass for Jamaican!

Sybellah: Senegal

Souleymane Diawara

[img]http://www.sport.fr/photos/Ligue-1-Souleymane-Diawara-l-OM-99-159827.jpg[/img]

Pape Cisse/ Since Cisse ain't a wolof name but Mandinka or serahuili/soninke i guess he is ever one of the later

Souleymane Diawara could pass mainly as an Afram but he can also pass as Jamaican as well. Papiss Cisse couldn't pass as a Jamaican though!
I'll discern the rest later on!

Black Kenichi:

Those Burkinabe Mande can pass for Jamaican!



Souleymane Diawara could pass mainly as an Afram but he can also pass as Jamaican as well. Papiss Cisse couldn't pass as a Jamaican though!
I'll discern the rest later on!

kk

IIIIxRoyalxIIII: I have some of those Senegalese Wristbands Home

Gorgeous Women Cisse Complexion are in plush abundance in Senegal

have u been there before?

Sybellah: Football Player of Mandinka and Bambara Origins

Mali

Mohammed Cissoko/ Bambara (I think Cissoko is a Bambara name not Mandinka although there is no big difference between them and the Mandinka)
[img]http://juvemania.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sissoko.jpg[/img]

Seydou Keita/ Mandinka


Lassana Diarra


Soumaila Coulibaly/ Mandinka


Mahamadou Diarra

Sissoko (sort off), Keita and Lassana Diarra look the most Jamaican!

Sybellah: Mandinka Footballers from Guinea

Fode Mansare



Bacary Sana



Ibrahima Somko



Alhassane Keita



Kaba Diawara

Ibrahima Sonko looks like Emile Heskey
Compare

Emile Heskey

Btw Emile Heskey is Antiguan but many can pass for Jamaicans!

Alhassane Keita can pass for Jamaican as well

Emile and Ibrahima look alike very much!

As for seydou keita i wonder if he is full Bambara or Mandinka, or if he has other ethnic group in him

but as a whole, from the pics i have posted, Burkina look the most Jamaican followed by guinea

If u are interested in knowing more about their looks, u can look for a few surnames on google to check em out

Sysy: Emile and Ibrahima look alike very much!

As for seydou keita i wonder if he is full Bambara or Mandinka, or if he has other ethnic group in him

but as a whole, from the pics i have posted, Burkina look the most Jamaican followed by guinea

I agree Burkina Faso. It's a toss up between Guinean and Malian Mande speakers looking Jamaican!

Very interesting thread , but I don't get what mandinka means here, does it correpond to french ''mandingue'' or ''malinke'', Bacary Sagna isn't mandinka btw, he's Jola from senegalese origin,and souleymane Diawara is soninke

thiendella: Very interesting thread , but I don't get what mandinka means here, does it correpond to french ''mandingue'' or ''malinke'', Bacary Sagna isn't mandinka btw, he's Jola from senegalese origin,and souleymane Diawara is soninke

Thanks!

yea Mandinka=Malinke or Mandinge, there are also Maninka as well
I thought Sagna was Guinean, thanks for the correction. How close are the Jola from the Mandingue?
Is the name Diawarra mainly Bambarra or Soninke? I always thought it was originally Bambarra same as Sissoko.

Most common Mandinka names in CIV according to their regions

Northwest zone with the Koyaka, Mahouka, Odienneka, Wassulu, Diomande and Toubakai.
(I ll post a story of their migration and the story behind their different surnames later on)
They are mostly located in Man, Seguela, Touba, Odienne...
Most Common surnames in this region: Diomande, Bamba, Bakayoko, Soumahoro, Dosso, Timite, Doumbia, Diabate, Sidibe, Kallo, Sako, Fofana, Siguide, Camara, Fadiga, Sy-Savane,Dao (it's also a Dan name), Sylla, Diallo, Dia, Bah (although Dia, Diallo, Bah are originally fulani names, people with these names have fulani ancestry)

Names that are popular everywhere in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and that are also adopted by neighborhing populations such as the senoufo:
Coulibaly, Ouattara, Kone, Cisse, Keita, Traore, Toure, Diarra, Fofana, Konate, Sidibe, Diakite, Dia, Kourouma...

In mali: Diawarra, Diarra, Sissoko are more common as well as the names that are popular through all the north of CIV

Traditional Outfits of the Mandinka world.

They usually wear what we call Bubu. It's a dress made with a fabric called basin. The fabric is rich and quite heavy sometimes. Men usually wear the tunic with some pants underneath, women just wear the tunic. It's ample and relaxing.

Kolo toure's and his wife' parents

Sidy Diallo, president of Federation Ivoirienne de Football

Random Ivorian men

Kalou and Adebayor
they are not Mandinka Kalou (Gouro), Adebayor( Yoruba, with parents originally from Nigeria)
their attire is the BOMB! they look succulent! yummie

Sybellah:

Thanks!

yea Mandinka=Malinke or Mandinge, there are also Maninka as well
I thought Sagna was Guinean, thanks for the correction. How close are the Jola from the Mandingue?

When u say mandinka, I would think about the group you find in The Gambia, Southern Senegal and Bissau Guinea, the western mandinkas, we call them ''socés'' in wolof. I thinks soces and jolas are quite close, thought I don't think they mixed a lot , but jolas have been dominated politically by the mandinkas for centuries the two tribes share many aspects like music for example, and many cultural practices are shared as well.

Is the name Diawarra mainly Bambarra or Soninke? I always thought it was originally Bambarra same as Sissoko.

I think Diawara is originally a soninke name, not a Bambara one, Bambaras who have this last name have soninke origins I guess. I think Bambaras and malinkes are nearly the same, and I know a soce and a bambara can hold a conversation.

Sybellah: Most common Mandinka names in CIV according to their regions

Northwest zone with the Koyaka, Mahouka, Odienneka, Wassulu, Diomande and Toubakai.
(I ll post a story of their migration and the story behind their different surnames later on)
They are mostly located in Man, Seguela, Touba, Odienne...
Most Common surnames in this region: Diomande, Bamba, Bakayoko, Siguide, Camara, Fadiga,

Sy-Savane

,Dao (it's also a Dan name), Sylla, Diallo (although it is originally a fulani name, people with this name have fulani ancestry)

Names that are popular everywhere in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and that are also adopted by neighborhing populations such as the senoufo:
Coulibaly, Ouattara, Kone, Cisse, Keita, Traore, Toure, Diarra, Fofana, Konate, Sidibe, Diakite, Dia, Kourouma...

In mali: Diawarra, Diarra, Sissoko are more common as well as the names that are popular through all the north of CIV

Is Sy savane a dioula name in Ivory coast ? That's funny , in senegal, Sy is a toucouleur name (probably soninke origin) and Savane a jola one. Sy savane is a french difformation for '' sy sawaande'' ,''the white horse'' in soninke language

thiendella:
When u say mandinka, I would think about the group you find in The Gambia, Southern Senegal and Bissau Guinea, the western mandinkas, we call them ''socés'' in wolof. I thinks soces and jolas are quite close, thought I don't think they mixed a lot , but jolas have been dominated politically by the mandinkas for centuries the two tribes share many aspects like music for example, and many cultural practices are shared as well.


I think Diawara is originally a soninke name, not a Bambara one, Bambaras who have this last name have soninke origins I guess. I think Bambaras and malinkes are nearly the same, and I know a soce and a bambara can hold a conversation.

Nono i used Mandinka for Malinke cause this seems to be their appellation in english, in CIV we call them Malinke, Dioula, or Maninka, their closest relative are the bambarra at the extreme northwest of CIV and in Mali. Are the Jola the ones in casamance area? I was not sure if Diawara was sononke or Bambarra, although there are soninke of ivorian origins, I am not very familiar with them because they are not that numerous. They usually blend and intermix with the Malinke.

thiendella:


Is Sy savane a dioula name in Ivory coast ? That's funny , in senegal, Sy is a toucouleur name (probably soninke origin) and Savane a jola one. Sy savane is a french difformation for '' sy sawaande'' ,''the white horse'' in soninke language

Yea it is , there are mostly located in the northwest odienne region i believe.