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 |
| West African community | 2 |
| African | 1 |
| West African cultures | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2571294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: West Africans Context triple: [Afro-Latin Americans, hasAncestry, West Africans]
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A.
Guineans
Guineans are the people originating from the West African country of Guinea, characterized by diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultural traditions.
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B.
Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people are a diverse group of people of African descent whose ancestors were brought to the Caribbean, shaping the region’s cultures, languages, religions, and music.
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C.
Songhai people
The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
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D.
Bantu peoples
The Bantu peoples are a large, diverse group of African ethnic communities spread across central, eastern, and southern Africa who speak related Bantu languages and share historical and cultural ties.
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E.
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are a major ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious and philosophical traditions, and influential art, music, and political history, particularly in present-day Nigeria and neighboring countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: West Africans Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Guineans
Guineans are the people originating from the West African country of Guinea, characterized by diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultural traditions.
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B.
Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people are a diverse group of people of African descent whose ancestors were brought to the Caribbean, shaping the region’s cultures, languages, religions, and music.
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C.
Songhai people
The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
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D.
Bantu peoples
The Bantu peoples are a large, diverse group of African ethnic communities spread across central, eastern, and southern Africa who speak related Bantu languages and share historical and cultural ties.
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E.
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are a major ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious and philosophical traditions, and influential art, music, and political history, particularly in present-day Nigeria and neighboring countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ
linked to:
Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Latinos ⓘ
linked to:
Afro-Latin Americans
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
ⓘ
linked to:
Imamate of Futa Jallon
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
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Subject: West Africans Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (13)
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