West Africans

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West Africans are the diverse peoples originating from the western region of the African continent, encompassing numerous ethnic groups, languages, and cultures that have significantly influenced global history and the African diaspora.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
West African 3
West African peoples 3
West Africans canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (147)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group collection ⓘ
regional population ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
hasArtForm beadwork ⓘ
bronze casting ⓘ
calabash decoration ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasCountryOfOrigin Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cape Verde ⓘ
linked to: Cape Verde Islands

Chad ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
hasCuisine attieke ⓘ
banku ⓘ
egusi soup ⓘ
fufu ⓘ
groundnut stew ⓘ
jollof rice ⓘ
suya ⓘ
waakye ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice age-grade systems ⓘ
extended family structures ⓘ
griot oral tradition ⓘ
kente weaving ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
praise singing ⓘ
talking drum music ⓘ
hasDance azonto ⓘ
bata dance ⓘ
shaku shaku ⓘ
hasDiaspora African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Afro-Brazilians ⓘ
Afro-Caribbeans ⓘ
Afro-Latinos ⓘ
Black British people ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
artisanal mining ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasHistoricalEmpire Ashanti Empire ⓘ
Ghana Empire ⓘ
Kanem–Bornu Empire ⓘ
linked to: Kanem Empire

Mali Empire ⓘ
Oyo Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole contributors to the African diaspora ⓘ
participants in trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
victims of the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
hasHistoricalState Futa Jallon Imamate ⓘ
Futa Toro Imamate ⓘ
Kingdom of Benin ⓘ
Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Wolof Kingdom of Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
hasLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
hasMusicGenre Afrobeat ⓘ
Afrobeats ⓘ
highlife ⓘ
juju music ⓘ
mbalax ⓘ
palm-wine music ⓘ
hasSubgroup Akan diaspora ⓘ
Akan people ⓘ
Ashanti people ⓘ
Bambara people ⓘ
Bassa people ⓘ
Bissa people ⓘ
linked to: Gurma people

Bobo people ⓘ
Dagomba people ⓘ
Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon

Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fante people ⓘ
Fula people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Fulani people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Ga-Adangbe people ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Adangbe peoples

Gurunsi peoples ⓘ
Hausa diaspora ⓘ
Hausa people ⓘ
Ibibio people ⓘ
Igbo people ⓘ
Jola people ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
Kpelle people ⓘ
Kru peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kru people

Mandinka people ⓘ
Mende people ⓘ
Mossi people ⓘ
Nupe people ⓘ
Senufo people ⓘ
Serer people ⓘ
Songhai people ⓘ
Soninke people ⓘ
Temne people ⓘ
Tiv people ⓘ
Tuareg people ⓘ
linked to: Tuareg

Wolof people ⓘ
Yoruba diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba people

Yoruba people ⓘ
influencedCulture American Southern culture ⓘ
Brazilian culture ⓘ
Caribbean culture ⓘ
Caribbean religions ⓘ
Latin American music ⓘ
influencedReligion Candomblé ⓘ
Obeah ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
Shango cult ⓘ
linked to: Shango

Vodou ⓘ
linked to: Haitian Vodou
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
partOf African peoples ⓘ
region western Africa ⓘ
linked to: West Africa
speaksLanguage Akan language ⓘ
Arabic language ⓘ
linked to: Arabic

Bambara language ⓘ
linked to: Bambara

Dagbani language ⓘ
English language ⓘ
linked to: English

Ewe language ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

French language ⓘ
linked to: French

Fula language ⓘ
Ga language ⓘ
Hausa language ⓘ
linked to: Hausa

Igbo language ⓘ
linked to: Igbo

Krio language ⓘ
Mandinka language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
Songhai languages ⓘ
linked to: Songhay languages

Twi language ⓘ
Wolof language ⓘ
linked to: Wolof

Yoruba language ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Latin Americans → hasAncestry → West Africans ⓘ
Afro-Bahamians → primaryAncestry → West African peoples ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Afro-Surinamese → ethnicOrigin → West African ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Afro-Grenadians → ethnicOrigin → West Africans ⓘ
Afro-Guadeloupeans → ethnicOrigin → West African peoples ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
African-American culture → hasHistoricalRoot → West African cultures ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Haitians → ethnicOrigin → African ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Cape Verdean American → culturalHeritage → West African ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Afro-Bonaireans → hasAncestry → West Africans ⓘ
Okanisi → ancestry → West African peoples ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Afro-Panamanian → ethnicOrigin → West African ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Château Rouge neighborhood → hasEthnicCommunity → West African community ⓘ
linked to: West Africans
Goutte d'Or → hasEthnicCommunity → West African community ⓘ
linked to: West Africans