The Konyagui or Konyaji are an ethnic group native to eastern
Senegal
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and northern
Guinea
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. They refer to themselves as Mey, and
their language as ''Wamey''.
Historically they lived throughout what is now the
Tambacounda region, and were conquered and persecuted by the
Mandinka
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* Mandingo (novel), ''Mandingo'' (novel), a bestselling novel published in 1957
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Kingdom of Wuli.
In recent decades many of the remaining Koyaguis have emigrated from the
Youkounkoun area of Guinea to Senegal to work and remained there. Konyaguis tend to hold on to their religious traditions, although many have converted to Catholicism.
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References
Ethnic groups in Senegal
Ethnic groups in Guinea
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