List of Mandé peoples of Africa

This is a list of Mandé peoples of Africa.

The predominant countries of each group's residence are shown in bold and are italicised.

• Manding (whose languages are in the Manding languages group of Mande)
  • Bambara people (Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger)
  • Bozo people (Mali)
  • Dyula people (Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea)
  • Mandinka people (Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, The Gambia)
  • Mandingo people (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia)
  • Susu people (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
  • Yalunka people (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mali)
• Bafour people (Senegal, Mali) (Extinct: ancestors of present day Soninke and other Mandé groups)
• Banka people (Mali)
• Beng people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Bissa people (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo)
• Bobo people (Burkina Faso, Mali)
• Boko people (Benin, Nigeria)
• Busa people (Nigeria)
• Duun people (Mali, Burkina Faso)
• Gban people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Gbandi people (Liberia, Guinea)
• Gio people (Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia)
• Goo people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Guro people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Jakhanke people (Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali)
• Jeri people (Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso)
• Jowulu people (Mali)
• Kakabe people (Guinea)
• Kissi people (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone)
• Kono people (Sierra Leone)
• Kpee people (Burkina Faso)
• Kpelle people (Sierra Leone, Liberia)
• Kuranko people (Sierra Leone, Guinea)
• Kyenga people (Nigeria, Benin)
• Lele people (Guinea)
• Ligbi people (Ghana)
• Loko people (Sierra Leone)
• Loma people (Guinea, Liberia)
• Mano people (Liberia)
• Mende people (Sierra Leone, Liberia)
• Mikhifore people (Guinea)
• Mwan people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Samo people (Burkina Faso)
• Seenku people (Burkina Faso)
• Shangawa people(Nigeria)
• Soninke people (Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana)
• Soninke Wangara (Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana) (Extinct: sub-group of the Soninke)
• Tura people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Vai people (Liberia, Sierra Leone)
• Wan people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Yaure people (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Zialo people (Guinea)

References