HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dyula, also spelled Diula, Dioula, or Jula, 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many Dyula clan or family names (jamu)-Coulibaly, Kone, Wattara, Cisse, Saganogo, Toure-are widespread throughout much of West Africa, linking Dyula families with distant “cousins” far away.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dyula, also known as Dioula and Jula, is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali. It is one of the Manding languages, and is most closely related to Bambara, being mutually intelligible with Bambara as well as Malinke.