BAGA People

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The Baga are a West African ethnic group who live in the southern swampy lands of Guinea Atlantic coastline. Traditionally animist through the pre-colonial times, they converted to Islam during the mid-eighteenth century under the influence of Muslim Mandé missionaries. Some continue to practice their traditional rituals.

The Bagas of Guinea are closely related to the Nalu and probably originated with them in the Fouta Djallon región. They are scattered along coastal Guinea from Conakry and the Camayenne Península to the Rio Nuñez estuary, which is a distance of approximately 160 miles.

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