Bambara may refer to:
- Ethnic group and language
- Bambara people, an ethnic group primarily in Mali.
- Bambara language, their language, which like other Manding languages is also used by other groups as a lingua franca. The linguistically correct term for the language of the Bambara ethnic group of Mali is Bamanankan. "Bamanan" refers to the ethnicity of the speakers, and "kan" meaning "language", but Bambara is widely used.
- Bamana Empire, a state that flourished in present day Mali (1640s–1861)
- Common names
- Bambara (beetle), a genus of feather-winged beetles
- Bambara groundnut, a traditional food crop in Africa (Voandzeia subterranea)
- Proper names
- Toni Cade Bambara, an American author, social activist, and college professor.
- Place names
- Bambara is an award-winning restaurant in Salt Lake City, Utah; specializing in New American cuisine. Bambara located in the Hotel Monaco, part of the Kimpton Hotel Group. Nathan Powers is the Chef of Bambara
- Bambarra is a settlement of about 130 on Middle Caicos, of the Turks and Caicos islands.
- Bambarra Reserve is a proposed wildlife sanctuary, in Kariong, Central Coast NSW.
Famous quotes containing the word bambara:
“I try to live [the Golden Rule] and I certainly expect it of some particular others. But I’ll be damned if I want most folk out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.”
—Toni Cade Bambara (b. 1939)
“I’ve never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it.”
—Toni Cade Bambara (b. 1939)
“It’s a dismally lonely business, writing.”
—Toni Cade Bambara (b. 1939)