- The
Jakhanke -- also
spelled Jahanka, Jahanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Diakkanke, Diakhanga, Diakhango, Dyakanke, Diakhanké, Diakanké, or
Diakhankesare --...
- have
traditionally been
considered a
separate occupational caste called Jakhanke, with
their Islamic roots traceable to
about the 13th century. The Mandinka...
-
significant po****tions West
Africa Languages Dyula, French,
English Religion Predominantly ****
Muslim Related ethnic groups Mandinka, Bambara,
Jakhanke...
- as
Jakhanke or Mandinka. The
separate and
autonomous towns outside of the main
governmental center is a well-known
practice used by the
Jakhanke tribe...
-
empire of
Ghana or
Wagadou c. 200–1240 CE,
Subgroups of
Soninke include the
Jakhanke,
Maraka and Wangara. When the
Ghana empire was destro****, the resulting...
- learning,
attracting students from
Kankan to the Gambia, and
featuring Jakhanke clerics at Tuba as well as Fulɓe teachers. It
acted as the
nerve centre...
- Tradition. The term 'Wangara' is
sometimes used
interchangeably with the
Jakhanke or
Dyula people, who are also
diasporic traders and
Islamic clerics of...
-
Gajaaga inhabited mostly by ****ar
communities but with
minorities of
Jakhanke,
Soninke and
other peoples. In 1690, Fula
Torodbe cleric Malick Sy came...
-
marabouts served the
Mansas as
scribes and charm-makers for centuries.
Other Jakhanke students of Al-Hajj
Salim Suwari arrived later. Even
during the widespread...
- of
Islam in the region,
particularly the
Qadiriyya Sufi
order and the
Jakhanke people.
Touba was
founded in 1815 by al-Hajj
Salimu Kasama,
better known...
