Black History : QUESTION?

[Sha'iyn]

What are some names of tribes in Afrika?
Please enter some names of tribes and the geographical location of them.

 

[Blackbird]

This is a condensed list of some of the major ethnic groups. I will start first with West Africa since the bulk of our ancestors came from there. This list is by no way authoritative; I am working off my 14 years of study of the various ethnic groups. So there may be some missing info. I ask that please forgive my human failings in that regard. Plus, I'm typing this holding my baby daughter.



West Africa

1. Wolof, Lebu and Serer- Senegal (Dakar, Saint Louis, and northwestern coastal area of Senegal) mainly
2. Hal-pulaaren (Fulani, Peul, Fulbe, Tukulor) - Senegal (Senegal River Valley), Mauretania, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Togo, Niger, Cameroon, Tchad, Sudan primarily.
3. Mande-tan (Mandekan) cluster (Malinke, Bamana, Soninke, Bozo, Susu, Dyula, Dogon) - Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mauretania, Burkina Faso
4. Mende, Vai, Kpelle, Loma (Buzi), Mano and Dan (Mande-fu cluster) - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast
5. Akan cluster (Anyi, Asante, Fante, Denkyira, Akyamu, Bono, and others) - Ivory Coast, Ghana
6. Gur (Dagomba, Mamprussi, Mossi, Dagba and Gurma) - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo
7. Ewe - Ghana, Benin, Togo
8. Fon - Benin
9. Yoruba - Benin, southwestern Nigeria
10. Igbo - souhteastern Nigeria
11. Efik - Niger Delta area of Nigeria
12. Nupe - central Nigeria
13. Hausa - northern Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso
14. Songhai, Zerma - Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Ghana
15. Kanuri - northeastern Nigeria, Niger, Tchad

To be continued...

Ooneh,
Blackbird