Sybellah: Jola are only in Senegal they are different from Dioula which is another type of malinke and live mainly in burkina and civ.
There is a slight difference between malinke-dioula-bambarra. The dioula are mainly merchant. Dioula mean trader, and they are muslim. The malinke are more in mali, civ, guinea, salone, gambia..., they are usually muslim as well but they are usually farmers

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.

IIIIxRoyalxIIII:

Yeah, I know, but the reason why i said you might have been confused is because Sagna Parents are from Senegal.

Sagna is basically a Senegalese.

But he wasn't properly Labeled "Jola"

IIIIxRoyalxIIII: Doesn't Matter. Yourself and Thiendella are Still Easily the Most Informative Posters about this Region.

Sybellah:

Thanks
i expect u guys to participate more, i dun wannabe the only poster here

Sybellah: Mariam Konate, Social Activist Burkina Faso

She is very old but still very pretty.
Femme battante!

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IIIIxRoyalxIIII:


OMFG...she could be Droga's Mother/Grandmother Yohhhh

Sybellah: Drogba's wife, Lala Diakite from Mali

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IIIIxRoyalxIIII: Yeah those Mali Women are Fine as Fucck.

God i Love West Africa.

Sysy:

Mali and Guinea have some of the finest women of this planet!