Dinga, also known as Dinka, Dinga Cissé or Kaya Maghan (meaning ruler of gold) (c. 700) was the possibly legendary Soninke founder of Wagadou, also known as the Ghana Empire.
[1] According to Soninke oral traditions, Dinga immigrated westwards from the east, sometimes specified as Yemen, a theme commonly found in West African ethnogenesis legends.
His third wife, Diangana-Boro, gave birth to six children; the last of them was the mythical snake, Bida.
His fourth wife, Kantana-Boro, gave birth to five Cissé kings of Wagadou.
The first of these, Diabe Cissé, concluded a pact with Bida to sacrifice a virgin to the snake every year in exchange for plentiful rains and gold.