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Mandinka people from West Africa
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The Mona are a Mandinka people from West Africa living in west-central Côte d'Ivoire, in the Mankono department.

Ethnonymy

According to the sources and the context, we observe different forms: Ganmu, Monas, Mono, Mouan, Mouâ, Mouin, Muana, Muan, Mwanu, Mwa, Mwe.

Language

Their language is Mona (or Mwan), a Mande language whose number of speakers was estimated at 20,000 in 2012.

References

  1. Source BnF
  2. Mwan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Bibliography

  • Alain-Michel Boyer, Les Wan, Mona et Koyaka de Côte d'Ivoire: the sacred, the secret, Fondation Culturelle Musée Barbier-Mueller, Hazan, Paris, 2011, 175 p. ( ISBN 978-2-754-1055-14 )
Ethnic groups in the Ivory Coast
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