Bambara (African people)
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bambara (African people)
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011400
- info:lc/authorities/sh85011400
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85011400#concept
Instance Of
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Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Bamana (African people)
- Bamanakan (African people)
- Bambara tribe
- Banmana (African people)
- Banmanan (African people)
- Banmani (African people)
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Earlier Established Forms
- Bambara tribe
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Sidibe, S.P.M. La recontre de Jésus-Christ en milieu bambara, 1978.
- found: Britannica Micro.
- found: Handbk. ethnog.
- found: Murdock world cult.
- found: Britannica online, Dec. 13, 2011 (Bambara, ethnolinguistic group of the upper Niger region of Mali whose language, Bambara (Bamana), belongs to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo language family)
- found: Encyclopedia of Africa, 2010 (Bambara. African ethnolinguistic group; sometimes spelled Bamana; speak languages of the Mande group; live primarily in Mali along the Niger River but can also be found in Burkina Faso and Senegal, among other countries; descendants of the people of the ancient Mali empire; some migrate seasonally to work on the cocoa and coffee plantations of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire)
- found: New encyclopedia of Africa, c2008: v. 5, p. 371 (Bambara. Alternate names: Bamana, Banmanan, Bamanakan. Location: Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Mali, Senegal. Linguistic affiliation: Manding)
- found: Wikipedia, Dec. 13, 2011 (The Bambara (Bambara: Bamana or Banmana) are a Mandé people living in west Africa, primarily in Mali but also in Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal; the Bamana originated as a section of the Mandinka people, the founders of the Mali Empire in the 13th century)
- found: Encyc. of world cultures, 1991-2002: v. 9, p. 414 (Bambara (Bamana). A primarily Muslim people; found primarily in Mali, with the rest distributed among Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Mauritania, and Senegal)
LC Classification
- DT551.45.B35
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2012-02-09: revised
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