Africa
Major
EthnicGroups |
Geographic Location |
Cultural Practices |
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| Akan /Asanti /Ashanti |
West Africa; Ghana |
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| Arabs |
North & East Africa |
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| Afrikaners |
South Africa |
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| Amhara |
East Africa / Ethiopia |
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| Baggara |
Central Africa / Southwest Sudan |
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| Bantu |
West & South Africa |
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| Berber |
North Africa;Morocco;
Sahara; Algeria |
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| Bedouin |
North & Central Africa |
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| Chagga |
East Africa /N.Tanzania Mt.Kilimanjaro |
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| Chokwe |
Northeastern Angola
Southern Congo |
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| Dinka |
Southern Sudan |
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| Dogon |
Central Africa: Mali: Bandiagara Clifts: Savannas: Plateaus |
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| Ewe |
Southern Ghana : Togo |
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| Falasha |
Ethiopian Highlands:
Gonder: Tigre |
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| Fang |
Southern Cameroon:
Equatorial Guinea: Northwest Gabon |
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| Fante |
Ghana ( From the Akan) |
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| Fon |
West Africa: Benin: |
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| Fulani |
Senegal: Gambia: Guinea: Guinea: Mali: Burkina Faso: Chad:
Cameroon |
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| Ganda |
Northern Uganda: West of Lake Victoria: (Bantu Speaking people) |
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| Hausa |
Northern Nigeria: Saraha Desert, |
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| South West Africa |
Mostly Christian |
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| Hutu / Tutsi |
Rwanda and Burundi |
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| Kongo |
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| Kuba |
South Central Congo |
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| Khoisan |
Southern Africa |
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| Lozi |
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| Luba |
Katanga: South East Congo: |
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| Maasai |
East Africa: Tanzania |
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Mbenga/Mbuti/Twa
Pigmies |
Forest - Forager From the Atlantic coast in the West to Uganda in the East.. |
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| Mongo |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
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| Mossi |
Burkino Faso: North Central Africa |
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| Ndeele / Matabele |
Transvaal in Southern Africa: |
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| Omoro |
Ethiopian Highlands |
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| Ovimbundu |
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| Sotho/Lesoto /Lesotho |
Sotho |
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| Swahili |
Tanzania /Off Shore Islands of Kenya |
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| Swazi |
Swaziland: Southern Africa |
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| Teke (Bantu Speaking people) |
South Central Africa/
Congo Basin |
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| Yoruba |
South Western Nigeria:
Eastern Benin: Togo:
The Kingdom of Ife is the Spiritual Capital of the Yoruba Religion. |
|
Zulu - (Nguni /Bantu speaking people e.g.
the Xhosa and Swazi) |
Southern Africa/
Natal / KwaZulu |
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