Mali has a fairly large population for the land
mass. Most of the population lives in the southern
part of the country. The area we have been assigned
to study is in northern Mali and therefore is sparcely
populated. Bamana(aka Bambara) is the main language
spoken throughout the country while the tribe we are
looking at speak an indigenious languge of Bobo,
commonly known as Bobo or Mande. This particular
tribe is very into agriculture but in the sense of
restoring balance nature which man inherently
destroys.
The tribe members will also interact with the
Bamana, Senufo, Lobi, and Bwa tribes but other than
these tribes the Bobo generally keep to
themselves. The village we are researching is called
Maourolo, a village of approximately 227, within this
village the people are educated to the level of a gr 9
child at the highest. Although Mali is the largest country within western Africa it is the 19th largest population in Africa.
As seen in the above photograph, Mali is bordered by Mauritania, Niger, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, and Algeria.
From this it is obvious that there are many countries that are smaller within the continent of Africa. The area of Mali that the Bobo
live in very sparcely populated and this aids in the closeness of the community. Mali's only ground water source is the Niger river. It
is in a desert and therefore experiences very harsh weather conditions. These are basic facts about Mali.
