Mende people - Wikipedia The Mende are one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone; their neighbours, the Temne people, constitute the largest ethnic group at 35 5% of the total population, which is slightly larger than the Mende at 31 2%
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Mende | West Africa, Sierra Leone, Mande language | Britannica Mende, people of Sierra Leone, including also a small group in Liberia; they speak a language of the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family The Mende grow rice as their staple crop, as well as yams and cassava Cash crops include cocoa, ginger, peanuts (groundnuts), and palm oil and kernels
AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Mende people Mende (ˈmɛndi (Mɛnde yia) is a major language of Sierra Leone, with some speakers in neighboring Liberia It is spoken by the Mende people and by other ethnic groups as a regional lingua franca in southern Sierra Leone Mende is a tonal language belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger–Congo language family
The Mende People, a story - African American Registry The Mende are a well-documented example of a non-western, pre-industrial society in which, at least historically, women took more political leadership positions relative to men In the pre-colonial era, the Mende had female chiefs and war leaders
Mende - World Culture Encyclopedia The Mende are a group of people who live primarily within the southern third of Sierre Leone Historically, they are rather recent arrivals to this area, appearing no earlier than the sixteenth century as invading forces advancing from the south