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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 18
Population: 9,487,150
Unreached people groups: 17
UPG population: 8,087,150
Unengaged UPGs: 7
UUPG population: 251,350
Number of countries: 11
Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African
Overview: The Bambara, also known as Bamanakan, are a large Manding-speaking ethnic group found throughout Mali, the northern areas of Ivory Coast and parts of Guinea-Bissau. They are the largest ethnic group in Mali. The Malinke-Bambara people cluster encompasses the Bambara and several related subgroups speaking Bamanankan or a related Manding language.
-- James S. Olson, The Peoples of Africa. London: Greenwood Press (1996), pp. 63-64
Peoples within this cluster: Bambara; Fulanke; Ganadougou; Malian; Wasulu
Countries where they are found: Burkina Faso; Canada; Cote d’Ivoire; France; Gambia; Guinea; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal; United States
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