Society of Ivory Coast

demographics of country

languages of a geographic region

thumb|right|260px|A traditional hunter (in this case, a Bambara people|Bambara in [[Mali), showing the distinctive brown hunting suit and gris-gris amulets worn around the neck.]] The Dozo (also spelled Donzo or Donso, Bambara for hunter, pl. donsow) are traditional hunters in northern Côte d'Ivoire, southeast Mali, and Burkina Faso, and members of a co-fraternity containing initiated hunters and sons of Dozo, called a Donzo Ton. Not an ethnic group, the Dozo are drawn mostly from Mandé-speaking groups (including the Dyula-speaking communities), but are also found among Dogon, and most other e

The word Ivoirité (; sometimes translated into English as Ivoirity) entered the social and political lexicon of Ivory Coast during the presidency of Henri Konan Bédié (1993–1999). It was used as a descriptor of the purported intrinsic characteristics of an indigenous Ivorian, in contrast to immigrants. During Bedie's presidency, ethnic tensions rose sharply, with growing attacks on foreign workers and a widening rift between the country's predominantly Muslim north and mainly Christian south.