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The culture of North Africa encompasses the customs and traditions of art, architecture, music, literature, lifestyle, philosophy, food, politics and religion that have been practiced and maintained by the numerous ethnic groups of North Africa. North Africa encompasses the northern portion of Africa, including a large portion of the Sahara Desert.
The Tuaregs have been one of the influential ethnic groups in the spread of Islam and its legacy in North Africa and adjacent Sahel. [18] Timbuktu, an important Islamic center famed for its ulama, was established by Imasheghen Tuareg at the start of the 12th century. [53] It flourished under the protection and rule of a Tuareg confederation.
Berbers, or the Berber peoples, [a] also called by their endonym Amazigh[b] or Imazighen, [c] are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb. [28][29][30][31] Their main connections are identified by their usage of Berber languages, most of them ...
Due to large amounts of assimilation into the northern Amhara culture after Ethiopian imperial expansion, Siegfried Pausewang concluded in 2005 that "the term Amhara relates in contemporary Ethiopia to two different and distinct social groups. The ethnic group of the Amhara, mostly a peasant population, is different from a mixed group of urban ...
Native African religions are centered on ancestor worship, the belief in a spirit world, supernatural beings and free will (unlike the later developed concept of faith). Deceased humans (and animals or important objects) still exist in the spirit world and can influence or interact with the physical world.
The Maasai (/ ˈ m ɑː s aɪ, m ɑː ˈ s aɪ /; [3] [4] Swahili: Wamasai) are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting northern, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, near the African Great Lakes region. [5] The Maasai speak the Maa language (ɔl Maa), [5] a member of the Nilotic language family that is related to the Dinka, Kalenjin and ...
Culture of Ghana. Ghana is a country of 33.48 million people and many native groups, such as: [1][2] The Gonjas in the Northern Region. English is the official language, with the indigenous Twi of the Ashantis, the Fante language, Frafra, Dangme, Ga, Dagbani, Mampruli, Gonja , and Ewe also having official status, and being taught in schools as ...
Dagbon. The Dagbamba or Dagomba are an ethnic group of Ghana, [2] and Togo. They number more than 3.1 million people. The term Dagbamba is originally extended to refer to other related peoples who were unified by Naa Gbewaa including the Mamprusi and Nanumba. The Dagomba country is called Dagbon [3][need quotation to verify][4][need quotation ...