does the name given to mali mean hippopotamus? 

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does the name given to mali mean hippopotamus? how did the word mande, maninka, malinké come? Where do the terms come from, Mandé, Maninka, Maninké, Malinké?
The Mandé, at its beginnings, included: firstly the region where the Mandinka Mounts of Bamako rise to Kita with extension to Guinea.
Then there is the area encompassing the Niger Valley from Kankan to Ségou. This place was called the Do or Forest (Sido nor Balanzan do Do Sankarana, Dodogou further south) Niani and it was the capital of the great empire founded by Soundjata. The people of Mani (Maninkan) will give their name to all the people living in the area. Soninké call them the Maninké). They are today an important ethnic group in West Africa. Unable to get along and make peace between them, the Maninkaw appealed to the Wagu (TOURE, DIANE, KHOUMA, CISSE, BERETE) descendants of the rulers of Ouagadou or Maghan (Maghan denw).
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