Global InformationKonyagui people information
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 18,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Senegal | 14000 |
| Guinea | 4000 |
| Languages | |
| Wamey language | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism, African traditional religion | |
The Konyagui or Konyaji are an ethnic group native to eastern Senegal and northern Guinea. They refer to themselves as Mey, and their language as Wamey.[1]
Historically they lived throughout what is now the Tambacounda region, and were conquered and persecuted by the Mandinka Kingdom of Wuli.[2]: 39, 56 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.[1]
- ^ a b Jenkins, Susan Goddard; Amdahl, JoLynn Eller (1994). "A Survey of the Tenda Languages in SE Senegal" (PDF). SIL Survey Report. SIL International. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Galloway, Winifred (1975). A History of Wuli from the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth Century (History PhD). University of Indiana.