Makuas. A savage cannibal race of Bantu Negroes, living north of the Zambesi in Portuguese East Africa.
Malagasy. A Malayo-African people of mixed blood, inhabiting Madagascar. The [Hovas] (q.v.) are the dominant tribe.
Malays. The dominant native race of Malaysia, the chief stock of the Oceanic Mongolic family. They are of a distinctly Mongolic physical type, of low stature and yellowish colour, with high cheek-bones, black lank hair and broad skulls. They may be divided into three races: the Orang-Benua, or men of the soil, the indigenous Malay tribes at a low stage of culture; the Orang-Laut, or men of the sea, who live by fishing and piracy; and the Orang-Malayu, or civilised Malays proper. They inhabit the southern provinces of Sumatra, the native states of the Malay Peninsula (Kelantan, etc.), the British Straits Settlements (Johor, Perak, Selangor, etc.), parts of Borneo, Ternate, Tidor and the Banda Islands, and many islands of the Malay Archipelago. They have wandered as far as Madagascar, where the [Malagasy] (q.v.) are Malays crossed with Negro blood. They were formerly warlike and much given to piracy, but are now the chief trading race of South-eastern Asia. Their origin is dubious, but Sumatra is generally regarded as their original home. Of kindred blood are many so-called Proto-Malay races, such as the [Achinese], [Javanese], [Sundanese], [Dyaks], etc. (q.v.).
Malayalim. See [DRAVIDIANS].
Manchus. The dominant native race of Manchuria, who conquered China in the seventeenth century and founded the existing Chinese dynasty. They are of the Mongol stock of the Northern Mongolic family. They first appear in history in the thirteenth century, when a number of nomad Manchu tribes were formed into a single people. They probably originated in Siberia, where the [Tunguses] (q.v.) represent their primitive stock.
Mandans. See [SIOUAN].
Mandaras. See [LAKE CHAD GROUP].
Mandingans. The chief race of Sudanese Negroes in the Western Sudan, with numerous branches between the Upper Niger and the coast, including Mandé or Mandingoes, Bambaras, Jallonkés, Kassonkés, Masinas, Sarakolés, Solimas, Susus, etc. Timbuctoo was formerly the capital of the Mandingan empire, before it fell under Berber domination. A large proportion of American Negroes are descended from slaves of Mandingan origin.
Mangbattu. Sudanese negroes of Welle group, noted for their pronounced cannibalism.
Mangkassara. Malay natives of Macassar, in Celebes, under Dutch rule.