TheUkubhala kuka-N'ko kwasungulwa yiGuinean yemvelaphi yaseMaliya uSouleymane Kanté (1922-1987). Kuyindlela yoongwaqa abangama-20 nonkamisa abayi-7 okwenza kube lula ukubhala izilimi zesiMande (iMande iqembu le-ethnolinguistic elikhuluma isiBambara, iDioula, iMalinké neMandinko).
Igama lisho ukuthi "Ngisho" kuzo zonke izilimi ezigunyaziwe.