West Africans

E280517

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