Sikasso, the Glossary
Sikasso (Bambara: ߛߌߞߊߛߏ tr. Sikaso) is a city in the south of Mali and the capital of the Sikasso Cercle and the Sikasso Region.[1]
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- Regional capitals in Mali
Alliance World Fellowship
The Alliance World Fellowship (or The Alliance, also C&MA and CMA) is an evangelical Christian denomination within the Higher Life movement of Christianity, teaching a modified form of Keswickian theology.
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Assemblies of God
The World Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is an international Pentecostal denomination.
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Babemba Traoré
Babemba was the fifth and final Faama of the Kénédougou Kingdom, ruling from the 1893 death of his brother Tieba Traoré until the capture of Sikasso by the French in 1898.
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Balafon
The balafon (pronounced, or, by analogy with xylophone etc.) is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone.
Bamako
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569.
Bambara language
Bambara, also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲; Arabic script: بَمَنَنكَن), is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users.
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Bambara people
The Bambara (Bamana or ߓߊ߲ߡߊߣߊ߲ Banmana) are a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa, primarily southern Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal.
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Benin
Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.
Bobo people
The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali.
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde (Limousin dialect of Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France.
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.
Cercles of Mali
A cercle is the second-level administrative unit in Mali.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Colonialism
Colonialism is the pursuing, establishing and maintaining of control and exploitation of people and of resources by a foreign group.
Communes of Mali
A commune is the third-level administrative unit in Mali.
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Deutscher Wetterdienst
The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Service, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational, hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (Armée de terre), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie.
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Kénédougou Kingdom
The Kénédougou Kingdom, (Cebaara Senufo: Fǎngi Kenedugu), (c. 1650–1898) was a pre-colonial West African state established in the southeastern portion of present-day Mali, as well as parts of northern Côte d'Ivoire and western Burkina Faso.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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List of cities in Mali
This list of cities in Mali tabulates all the largest communes in the country of Mali (including those in the north-eastern portion where the Mali Government no longer exercises de facto control).
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Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.
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Mamelon of Sikasso
The mamelon of Sikasso is a mamelon high, and in circumference, located in the heart of Sikasso, Mali.
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Mandinka people
The Mandinka or Malinke are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, The Gambia, southern Senegal and eastern Guinea.
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Marketplace
A marketplace, market place, or just market, or mart is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.
Minyanka language
Minyanka (also known as Mamara, Miniyanka, Minya, Mianka, Minianka, or Tupiire) is a northern Senufo language spoken by about 750,000 people in southeastern Mali.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Niger River
The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about. Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.
Place of worship
A place of worship is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study.
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Regions of Mali
Since 2016, Mali has been divided into ten regions and one capital district.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sikasso
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sikasso (Sikassen(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Sikasso) is a diocese located in the city of Sikasso in the ecclesiastical province of Bamako in Mali.
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Samori Ture
Samory Toure (– June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali, northern Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso.
Senufo people
The Senufo people, also known as Siena, Senefo, Sene, Senoufo, and Syénambélé, are a West African ethnolinguistic group.
Sikasso Cercle
Sikasso Cercle is one of seven administrative subdivisions of the Sikasso Region of southern Mali.
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Sikasso Region
Sikasso Region (Bambara: ߛߌߞߊߛߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Sikaso Dineja) is the southernmost region of Mali.
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Solomana Kante
Solomana Kanté (also written as Sùlemáana Kántε, Souleymane Kanté or Sulemaana Kantè;, 1922 – November 23, 1987) was a Guinean writer, neographer, and educator, best known as the inventor of the N'Ko alphabet for the Manding language varieties of Africa.
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Tata of Sikasso
The tata of Sikasso, known locally as tarakoko, is a series of ramparts initially constructed in Sikasso under the reign of Tiéba Traoré (king of Kénédougou), from 1877 to 1897, to resist the raids of Samory Touré.
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Tieba Traoré
Tieba Traoré was the fourth king of the Kénédougou Kingdom, reigning from 1877 until his death in 1893.
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa.
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Tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry "winter") and As (for a dry "summer").
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Water tower
A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.
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See also
Regional capitals in Mali
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikasso
Also known as History of Sikasso, Sikasso (city).