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By the start of the sixteenth century, dyula merchants were trading as far south as the coast of modern Ghana. On the forest's northern fringes, new states emerged, such as Bono and Banda.
Dyula, people of western Africa who speak a Mande language of the Niger-Congo language family. Most are Muslims, and they have long been noted as commercial traders. The Dyula were active gold traders as long ago as the time of the ancient African kingdom of Ghana. They flourished under the empire.
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The Dyula are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Introduction Dyula people Historical background Suwarian tradition
The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including the Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Characterized as a highly successful merchant caste, Dyula migrants began establishing trading communities across the region in the fourteenth century.
Whereas the Hausa language is a lingua franca among the Zongo Settlements and Gonja, Dyula is spoken as a lingua franca in Northern Ivory Coast, the South of Burkina Faso and Northwestern Ghana. In Ghana, it is heard from Wa down to Wenchi , due to the close association with the important Islamic centers of Kong and Bouna.
Feb 21, 2023 · The Dyula were a Muslim people who spoke Manding, and had moved to Kong from the west, in the fifteenth century. Footnote 37 The Dyula carried out both local and long-distance trade across the savanna, from the perimeters of the rainforest in the south, to the borders of the Sahel region.
Most Dyula people trace their origins back to the land of Manden, the heartland of the great medieval empire of Mali, along what is now the border of the modern nations of Guinea and Mali. Gold from Mali was transported across the Sahara Desert in exchange for rock salt mined in the Sahara.
