He unified the people, who practised animism, and they became known as Bambara (or Bamana). Today these 2,5 million people form the largest ethnic group within Mali and occupy the central part of ...

(Nairobi) – Armed groups have carried out a wave of killings in central Mali since ... villagers by a Bambara self-defense militia known as the Dozos, leaving at least 21 people dead, including ...

Linguists and Braille experts in Mali ... blind. Bambara is spoken and understood by about 15 million Malians, even more than the colonial French, making it an important step for blind people.

from local children often preceded Katie Martocci as she walked through Mali’s rural neighborhoods ... in the language of the Bambara people — that many of the residents had ever seen.

Show more Bambara Blues: on the 200th anniversary of the abolition in Britain of the transatlantic slave trade, Lucy Duran introduces a programme with music recorded entirely on location in Mali ...

Amidst the proliferation of Islamist armed groups in Mopti region, central Mali ... Bambara community leaders; government officials; diplomats; aid workers; and security analysts. A total of 148 ...