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This regional sub-category is intended for articles on particular indigenous peoples of this (sub-)region, and related topics. See the discussion on the parent category talk page at Category talk:indigenous peoples for suggested criteria to be used in determining whether or not any particular group should be placed in this sub-category.
The history of the indigenous African peoples spans thousands of years and includes a complex variety of cultures, languages, and political systems. Indigenous African cultures have existed since ancient times, with some of the earliest evidence of human life on the continent coming from stone tools and rock art dating back hundreds of thousands of years.
East Africa is the eastern region of Africa, bordered by North Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Sahara Desert. Colonial boundaries are reflected in the modern boundaries between contemporary East African states, cutting across ethnic and cultural lines, often dividing single ethnic groups between two or more ...
The Nilotic people are people indigenous to the South Sudan and the East Africa who speak the Nilotic languages.They inhabit South Sudan and the Gambela Region of Ethiopia, while also being a large minority in Kenya, Uganda, the north eastern border area of Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania.
The Kalenjin is a group of tribes indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. They number 6,358,113 individuals per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 273,839 in Uganda according to the 2014 census mainly in Kapchorwa , Kween and Bukwo ...
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic , Khoisan , Niger-Congo , and Nilo-Saharan populations.
Hadza people, who are indigenous to the African Great Lakes A Maasai traditional dance Baka pygmy dancers in the East Province of Cameroon Batwa Pygmy with traditional bow and arrow Somali women in traditional headresses Tigrayan women in traditional attire Wolayta chief Berta people playing trumpets during a wedding ceremony Nilotic men in Kapoeta, South Sudan 19th century Zulu man wearing a ...
The Chagga (Wachagga, in Swahili) is a Bantu ethnic group from Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania and Arusha Region of Tanzania. They are the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania. [2] They historically lived in sovereign Chagga states on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro [3] [4] in both Kilimanjaro Region and Arusha Region.