African peoples

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African peoples are the diverse indigenous ethnic groups of the African continent, encompassing a wide range of cultures, languages, and histories that have significantly shaped global civilization and the African diaspora.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group collection
associatedLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Khoisan languages
Niger-Congo languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
associatedReligion Baha'i Faith
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
traditional African religions
characteristic culturally diverse
historically diverse
linguistically diverse
continent Africa
culturalContribution agricultural knowledge
architecture
cuisine
dance
music
oral literature
philosophy
religious thought
visual arts
demographicSignificance large share of world population
haveDiasporaIn Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
include Afroasiatic-speaking peoples
Akan people
Amazigh (Berber) peoples
linked to: Berbers

Amhara people
Arabized African peoples
Bantu peoples
Berber people
linked to: Berbers

Cushitic peoples
linked to: Cushitic

Fulani people
linked to: Fulani

Hausa people
Hutu people
linked to: Hutu

Igbo people
Khoisan peoples
Maasai people
linked to: Maasai

Niger-Congo-speaking peoples
Nilo-Saharan-speaking peoples
Nilotic peoples
Nubian peoples
linked to: Nubians

Oromo people
Pygmy peoples
San people
linked to: San peoples

Shona people
Somali people
Swahili people
Tuareg people
linked to: Tuareg

Tutsi people
linked to: Tutsi

Xhosa people
Yoruba people
Zulu people
majorHistoricalProcess Atlantic slave trade
Bantu expansion
Indian Ocean trade
trans-Saharan trade
notableHistoricalEmpires Benin Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Benin

Great Zimbabwe
Kingdom of Aksum
linked to: Aksumite Empire

Kingdom of Kush
Kongo Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo

Mali Empire
Songhai Empire
politicalOrganizationForms city-states
empires
kingdoms
stateless societies
roleInHistory formed African diaspora
shaped global civilization
timeDepth prehistoric origins

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Afro-Asian communities hasAncestry African peoples
I Speak of Freedom intendedAudience Africans
linked to: African peoples
Kalabari people ethnolinguisticGroup Niger–Congo peoples
linked to: African peoples
Lebowa populationGroupTargetedByPolicy Black Africans
linked to: African peoples
Batwa recognizedAs Indigenous peoples of Africa
linked to: African peoples
Hararghe Oromo partOf Horn of Africa peoples
linked to: African peoples
Sidama people arePartOf Horn of Africa peoples
linked to: African peoples
Elmolo rightsCategory Indigenous peoples of Africa
linked to: African peoples
Windward Maroons ethnicOrigin Africans
linked to: African peoples
Regency of Tripoli hasEthnicGroup Sub-Saharan Africans
linked to: African peoples
Indian Ocean slave trade involvedEthnicGroup Africans
linked to: African peoples