Sybellah: ok I see, do u know if Malian and Guinean have this name as surname as well ?

Sybellah: Thiendella, j'ecouterai les vids plutard quand je serai a la maison, generally I don't like Hip Hop in french mais Hip Hop en langues africaines is dooope!

thiendella: I really like this song , he is one one the greatest mandinka singers, together with Sory kandia kouyate, I think he has a lot of merit for that because he is not even a griot, and when non griots decide to sing, they usually suck.

thiendella:
Yeah I think there are basic name all mandinkas share, depending on their location they have new names because of mixing. I think Bambaras are a group of malinkes who left mande and settled in Mali, by Sundjata's reign, even during all the Mali empire, Bambaras were not a distinct group, only malinkes existed then.
It's like the sosses, they have basic mandinka names in addition to names like sané, mané, diané, diassé ... These names are bainuk, bainuk are a tribe living in southern senegal who are the first settlers in senegambia and got almost totally assimilated into either the jolas, or the mandinkas, Sagna is a bainuk name, Bacary Sagna is Jola from Bainuk origin

thiendella:
Ecoute hein stp, gambian mandinka hip hop really has an awsome rythme

thiendella:
Ecoute hein stp, gambian mandinka hip hop really has an awsome rythme

Black Kenichi:

The best rappers on the Continent are Senegambians! Closely followed by South Africans!

thiendella:
You know good things don't you ?

Black Kenichi:

Daara J are sick. Same with MC Solaar! As I said though some South African rappers can give the Senegambian rappers a run for their money!

IIIIxRoyalxIIII: SeneGambian Hip Hop Artist Maintain their Culture and Style.

The Rest of Africa Bites off the West.

Senegalese Music Is Beautiful....

Forget Hip Hop at the Moment.....Yohh Check it, Love this Song.....And Tha Darker Chiq is Fione


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNZPW0y2Se4&list=FLeccyvX3gqz6LoAZNLqKL5A&index=199

thiendella: I went on wikepedia and tried to gather pics of senegalese mandinka players (sosse)
I thinks sosses are darker, what do you think?

Sybellah:

isnt MC Solaar Tchadian

Sybellah: Thank u for the pics Miss

Can u actually tell the difference just by looking at them? Is there a big physical difference between wolof and mandinka?

Black Kenichi:
I have no idea!

thiendella:
A mandinka is more muscular than a wolof, less tall too, but it's not obvious for a non senegalese, but when I go to the old railway market in Dakar, which is a bambara market, I can easily tell a bambara or a guinean

Sybellah: Traditional music are the best, i generally do not like hip hop

My favorite Singer from Senegal
i used to be amazed by the video, the lyrics, the quality of the music, are just too good



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI6XDlZ8YvM

I like Youssou Ndour as well

thiendella:
Yeah Ismael lo is a great singer, but senegalese don't like world music in general , that's why singers like ismael lo will be appreciated in europe but will not be that successful in Senegal. They prefer mbalax and traditional music.

Sybellah: ooh ok I see, cause from the pics, pape cisse for example if it was not for his name, i will think he was wolof. Was there a lot of inter-mixing in the past between wolof, fulas and mandinka?

Sybellah: that man was not successful in Senegal? he is among my fav african singers, Mballax c'est chic, j'aime bien

thiendella:
There are many wolof with this name...Cisse. It's actually one of the most common names in Senegal. There are wolof with mandinka names cisse, diakhate, cissokho, toure, camara etc, in general they will tell you that their ancestor is a a mandinka marabout who visited a wolof village and stayed or a mankinka family who settled there. But I think wolofs and mandinkas just look alike, it will be difficult, even for a senegalese to tell a wolof from a mandinka, a toucouleur, or a serer,. I also know there are wolof colonies in Sedhiou, a very mandinka region