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Sultanate of Massina The Sultanate of Massina was a state covering much of the Inner Niger Delta in what is now Mali. From its founding around 1400 CE, it was generally a tributary of larger states, including the Mali Empire (14th century), the Songhai Empire (15th- ...

, (c. 1400-1818), former state located in present-day Mali *

Macina Empire The Caliphate of Hamdullahi (; ; ; ; also: Dina of Massina, Sise Jihad state), commonly known as the Massina Empire (also spelled ''Maasina'' or ''Macina''), was an early nineteenth-century Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa centered in the In ...

(1818–1862), successor to the above *

Inner Niger Delta The Inner Niger Delta, also known as the Macina or Masina, is the inland river delta of the Niger River. It is an area of fluvial wetlands, lakes and floodplains in the semi-arid Sahel area of central Mali, just south of the Sahara Desert. ...

, also known as Macina, the floodplain area in Mali once controlled by the empire * Macina, town and rural commune in Mali *''Maasina'', an old

Fulbe The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people are an ethnic group in Sahara, Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, ...

term for the

Dhar Tichitt Dhar Tichitt is a line of sandstone cliffs located in the southwestern region of the Sahara Desert in Mauritania that boasts a series of eponymous Neolithic archaeological sites. It is one of several in the area belonging to the Tichitt culture, ...

region and the origin of the above names *

Front de Libération du Macina The Katibat Macina, also known as the Macina Liberation Movement or Macina Liberation Front (MLF, ), is a militant Islamist group that operates in Mali. It is an affiliate of Ansar Dine. Origins and membership In March 2012, the President of ...

Macina (musical instrument) Macina may refer to: *Sultanate of Massina, (c. 1400-1818), former state located in present-day Mali *Macina Empire (1818–1862), successor to the above *Inner Niger Delta, also known as Macina, the floodplain area in Mali once controlled by the e ...

, a high-pitched string instrument used in Indonesian ''

kroncong Kroncong (pronounced "kronchong"; , ) is the name of a ukulele-like instrument and an Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong (the sound ' comes from this instrument, so the music is called ''kroncong''). A ''kroncong'' ...

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