One of my favorite Sinéad songs is Mandinka. I sang it for
years without knowing what it meant.
The Mandinkas are a West African ethnic group. Sinead wrote
the song inspired based upon Alex Haley’s Roots.
The lyrics refer to dancing the seven veils. The song melds
tribal reference with Sinead’s coming of age / come hither lyrics.
I found all of that much more enticing before reading up on
the Mandinkas, who still practice female genital mutilation.
It's a great song regardless.
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