In fact, she lifted the title of 1987's "Mandinka" from Roots, though she clumsily referred to the Mandinka people as a "tribe" rather than a linguistic ethnic group; and beyond the title, her ...

According to O’Connor, she lived in a theocracy in Ireland and faced severe oppression at her home, finding solidarity with the Mandinka people in West Africa. I don’t know no shame, I feel no ...

In another instance, researchers in Katchang, The Gambia, had to grapple with the local context that, customarily among the Mandinka people there, bed nets had been given as bridal gifts and ...

In fact, she lifted the title of 1987's "Mandinka" from Roots, though she clumsily referred to the Mandinka people as a "tribe" rather than a linguistic ethnic group; and beyond the title, her ...

When people vow to murder you (as they did after she ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live) ... “Mandinka,” at its core, is a song of defiance.

Mandinka. Her first international hit, ... The 21-year-old’s interest in black history, and a reading of Alex Haley’s book, Roots, had her referencing the Mandinka people of West Africa, ...

One of the most common is that the Mandinka people were a naturally optimistic people and constantly sang in their daily lives. Whenever they sang, Mandinka girls would start dancing happily, ...

Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette paid tribute to Sinead O’Connor Saturday at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival with a performance of her "Mandinka." ...

The band’s Abigail Morris and Lizzie Mayland also sat down with Apple Music 1 host Matt Wilkinson to discuss paying tribute to O’Connor, who died in July aged 56.. Morris described ‘Mandinka ...

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl welcomed Alanis Morissette to the stage at the 2023 Fuji Rock Festival. Together, they honored the late Sinead O’Connor.