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Serer people and Wolof people. The Jola or Diola (endonym: Ajamat) are an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. Most Jola live in small villages scattered throughout Senegal, especially in the Lower Casamance region. [6] The main dialect of the Jola language, Fogni, is one of the six national languages of Senegal.
Dyula people. The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Characterized as a highly successful merchant caste, Dyula migrants began establishing trading communities across the region in the fourteenth century.
The Kumpo is a mythological figure of the Jola people in the Casamance. The Kumpo is one of three traditional figures (along with Samay, and the Niasse) in the mythology of the Diola people in the Casamance (Senegal) and in Gambia. Multiple times in the course of the year, i.e. during the Journées culturelles, a folk festival in the village is ...
Dyula (or Jula, Dioula, Julakan ߖߎ߬ߟߊ߬ߞߊ߲) is a language of the Mande language family spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali, and also in some other countries, including Ghana, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the Manding languages and is most closely related to Bambara, being mutually intelligible with Bambara as ...
The history of West Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the Iron Age in Africa, the period of major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and finally the post-independence era, in which the current nations were formed. West Africa is west of an imagined north–south axis lying close to 10° east longitude, bordered by the ...
Languages. The primary branches of Jola proper and to some extent Central Jola are not mutually intelligible. The main varieties are: Kwatay (Kuwaataay), spoken along the coast south of the Casamance River. Karon, spoken along the coast of Casamance south of Diouloulou. Jola-Fonyi (Kujamatay), spoken around Bignona.
Prehistoric West Africa. Round Head rock art figures and zoomorphic figures, including a Barbary sheep [1] The prehistory of West Africa spans from the earliest human presence in the region until the emergence of the Iron Age in West Africa. West African populations were considerably mobile and interacted with one another throughout the ...
Jola-Fonyi language. Niger–Congo ? Jola ( French: Diola; Jola: Joola ), also called Jola-Fonyi ( French: Diola-Fogny) and Kujamataak, is a language spoken by 475,000 people in the Casamance region of Senegal, and neighboring countries. [1] Jola-Fonyi is one of several closely related Jola languages spoken in the area.