Manda bi, 12–13, 15, 21–23, 25, 54, 100–101, 119, 123, 178, 185–186, 188, 191, 193, 200, 217, 224, 227, 251

Mande languages, 130

Mandela, Nelson, 203, 238

Mandingo, 94, 130, 202

manipulate, 23, 35, 72, 89

marginalized, 102, 165

marketing, 66, 235

marriage, 8, 67, 102, 104, 155, 189, 191, 196–197, 201, 255

Marseilles, 2, 24, 58

Martinican, 41

masculine, 173, 188

mask, 19, 180–182, 227, 239, 249

mass media, 25

Master Sergeant Diatta, 39–40, 259

matrilineal system, 132, 204

Maty, 185–186, 252

meaning, 2, 11–12, 19–20, 43, 52, 70, 72, 97, 108, 110, 129–131, 151, 175, 184, 191, 209, 214–215

Médoune, 84, 87–88, 247–248

Memmi, Albert, 95

memory, 3, 13, 18, 29, 66, 68, 72, 82, 203, 223

menfolk, 194

mentality, 21, 130, 141

Mercenaire, 193–196, 215, 228, 234–237, 266

metaphors, 134

métissage, 4, 44, 50, 52

middle-aged man, 152–155, 185

Midiohouan, Guy Ossito, 51

migration, 14, 25, 211, 217, 223, 227–228, 234

millet, 201, 211, 236

minaret, 79, 154, 217

mindset, 117

Minh-Ha, Trinh, 58, 95

mise-en-scène, 11, 20, 22, 48, 129, 134, 137, 142, 152, 155, 159

misogyny, 188

mission, 5, 30, 89, 134, 232

models, 5, 15, 82, 220, 226

modern, 1–5, 7–8, 10–20, 23–25, 30–32, 35, 39–40, 42–43, 45–47, 51, 54–59, 65–67, 69, 72, 76, 79, 82, 86, 89, 93–96, 98, 100–101, 105, 110–111, 113, 123, 127–129, 131, 135–136, 138, 143, 145–152, 159, 164–170, 173, 178, 181–183, 188–189, 191, 193–194, 197, 199–201, 203–204, 211–213, 217, 221–222, 227, 229–231, 234, 236–238, 240, 251–253, 259, 265

Moitt, Bernard, 13

monarchies, 128, 134

Mongo-Mboussa, Boniface, 17

monogamy, 201

Moolaade, 2, 22–23, 25, 164–166, 185, 191, 193–195, 197–200, 211, 215, 217, 221, 227–228, 234–235, 237, 265–266

Moore, Carrie Dailey, 16, 19, 58

Mor, 109, 143, 150, 262

Moral, 83–87, 108, 120, 170, 172–173, 178, 247

mosque, 78–79, 150, 154–155, 157, 159, 217

mouthpiece, 77, 173, 198

moving cinemas, 199

Mr. Thiam, 199–200, 228–229, 231, 264

MRDS, 157

muezzin, 79

multifaceted, 16–17, 164

multilayered, 18

murder, 84, 87, 140, 247

Murphy, David, 15–16, 20, 58, 165, 201