Djimini, like Tagouana, are of Mandé of the north of the Ivory Coast. At the time of the conquests of Samory, they paid a heavy tribute not to have wanted to treat with him. Colonized by France at the 19th century, they adopted the imported religion. For these two reasons, the masks and the statuary largely disappeared among these two people. However, some rare masks and statues which one had the certainty which they were the representations of great geniuses were preserved.