Comments on: A small lesson in History: Mandinga

By: angoleiro

angoleiro — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:50:32 +0000

Hello Nelson, welcome to my blog,

well, as the Malé were considered Muslims my first guess would be then to God/Allah. But as Islam was introduced to these tribes in the Middle Ages there might have been some mix ups with local deities. All in all, people considered them as muslims.

By: `NELSON GITONGA

`NELSON GITONGA — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:34:51 +0000

thanks for that accurate information this information is correct and true.but a question pliz,who did they use to worship……

By: African Roots II - Faith « Angoleiro’s Blog

African Roots II - Faith « Angoleiro’s Blog — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:31:23 +0000

[...] Ewe and Fon, and Nkisis from Bantu tradition in Candomblé. There is also some influence of Islamic Malés and their traditions, but this one started to decrease since the import of Islamic slaves was [...]

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African Roots I - Ancestors « Angoleiro’s Blog — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:06:28 +0000

[...] I already posted some information about the Mandinka, I will first start with the [...]

By: angoleiro

angoleiro — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:23:34 +0000

Hmmmm… I wonder which blog you mean! yeah, splitting up the whole topic might be a very good idea… We’ll see what will come out.

By: Joaninha

Joaninha — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:09:38 +0000

I’m sure you’d find a way…like I said, you seem to have a knack for approaching all these interestingly super-resonating topics really well! Or if you think it’s too big for one post (which, I agree, it probably is), perhaps it’s time for a certain capoeira blog to debut its first series?

By: angoleiro

angoleiro — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:52:47 +0000

You are welcome! I thought it’s a good contribution to make as the main topic these days is “Africanity in Capoeira” (which could be one of my next posts, although I fear that this one is too big to handle… )

By: Joaninha

Joaninha — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:47:18 +0000

Thanks for this, Angoleiro