Soninke

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Soninke

(also Sarakole), a people living mainly in northern Mali and also in regions of Upper Volta, Senegal, Mauritania, and Gambia that border on Mali. The Soninke, who number approximately 800,000 (1973, estimate), speak a language that belongs to the northern group of the Mande family. The majority of the Soninke are Sunni Muslims. The Soninke formed the ethnic basis of the medieval state of Ghana. Most Soninke are engaged in land cultivation, growing millet, maize, and legumes, and in transhumant stock raising, principally of camels, goats, and sheep. Large numbers of Soninke migrate for seasonal work on peanut plantations in Senegal.

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No references found			1 Mauritania 395,954 40 Nouakchott Hasaniya Arabic, Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof, French 3,400,000 2. World Affairs Annual 2011 by Junior Scholastic The Ghana Empire, dominated by the Soninke or Saracole people and centered in the area along the Malian-Mauritanian frontier, was a powerful trading state from about A. Mali by Background Notes Armah traced the identity of modern black Africans (and notably the Akan people of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, and the Soninke or Sarakholle of Senegal, Mali, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Sierra Leone) to Ancient Egypt. Time to look back by Ankomah, Baffour / New African			sonic drilling sonic fix sonic flaw detection sonic line of position sonic liquid-level meter sonic logging sonic modulus sonic navigation sonic nucleation sonic pile driver sonic pump sonic radiation sonic sifter sonic sounding sonic spark chamber sonic speed sonic thermometer sonic velocity sonic well logging sonicate sonicator SONICblue sonics Sonin, Nikolai Sonin, Nikolai Iakovlevich Soninke Sonkel Sonkeltau Sonkovo Sonnar lens Sonne dysentery Sonneberg Sonneborn, Tracy M. Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park Sonnenschein's reagent Sonnenschein, Rosa Sonnenthal, Adolf Von Sonnet Sonnets from the Portuguese Sonni 'Ali Sonni Ali Sonnino, Giorgio Sidney Sonnino, Sidney, Barone Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Sonobuoy Sonobuoy Reference System sonocatalysis sonochemistry sonoelastography sonoencephalograph			sonicates sonicating sonicating sonication sonication sonications sonications sonicator Sonicblue Sonicblue Sonicboom Sonicboom Sonicflood SONICHAR SonicMQ Tracking and Registration System Sonics Sonics Sonics SonicsMX SonicWALL Global Management System SonicWALL Simple Provisioning Protocol SONiD SONIDEP Sonido De Valencia Sonifer Soniferous sonification sonification Sonin, Nikolai Sonin, Nikolai Iakovlevich Soninke Soninkes sonitus sonitus Sonitus Medical, Inc. SONJ Sonja Henie Sonji Roi Sonji Roi SONK Sonke Gender Justice Sonkel Sonkeltau Sonkovo Sonksen Picture Guide to Visual Function Sonless Sonlight Curriculum Online Purchasing System sonly sonly sonly sonly SONM SONMET SONMS SONN Sonnalige Sonnar lens Sonne bacillus Sonne dysentery Sonne Mond Sterne

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