Scottish explorer Mungo Park was among the first Europeans to view the Mandinka tribe's masked dancers who were known as Maamajomboo. He translated the word as "mumbo jumbo.' This 1797 ...

Each garment he creates is heavily influenced by his Gambian roots, he can trace his origins to the Mandinka tribe in Gambia, West Africa. There is a level of intimacy captured in the items he ...

O'Connor penned the song about the Mandinka tribe in west Africa, drawing inspiration from Alex Haley's book "Roots." O'Connor performed the song on "Late Night with David Letterman" on September ...

O'Connor sang the song, named after the Mandinka African tribe as described in Alex Haley's Roots, during her first appearance on American television on Late Night With David Letterman in 1988.

After seeing how author, Alex Haley traced his lineage back to Gambia’s Mandinka tribe, he thought he could do the same. Halford was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He lived with his mom ...

Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette paid tribute to Sinead O’Connor Saturday at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival with a performance of the late singer’s “Mandinka.” With both artists on the ...

Morris described ‘Mandinka’ as “really challenging” to sing – “Her pipes, man. It was really hard. So it was a real, real beast, really intimidating, but it was really fun, it was real ...

Sinéad O’Connor’s spirit is distilled inside the shrieking new wave of “Mandinka.” Everything to cherish about the Irish singer and songwriter happens inside this song: snarling defiance ...

But it couldn’t have been a surprise to her fans. Few things made that clearer than her first hit, “Mandinka.” The song, which became a Top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, was the standout ...