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This group has been experiencing a significant diaspora. The Soninke were Islamized earlier than most other groups in the country. Bedick girls in Iwol Senegalese boy on Gorée Island. A few Bassari and Bedick live in the hills in eastern Senegal around Kédougou. These are subgroups of the Tenda, same as the Coniagui and the Badiaranké.
The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Ethnic groups in Senegal. French people in Senegal.
The Wolof people (UK: / ˈwoʊlɒf /) [4][5] are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. In Senegal, the Wolof are the largest ethnic group (~39.7%), while elsewhere they are a minority. [6] They refer to themselves as Wolof and speak the Wolof language, in the West Atlantic ...
Senegalese Americans (French: Américains sénégalais) are an ethnic group of Americans of Senegalese descent. In the surveys of 2019, 18,091 people claimed to be of Senegalese origin or descent in the United States. However, many West Africans trafficked by enslavers to the United States were also of Senegalese origin (arriving together with ...
Related ethnic groups. Wolof people, Jola people, Toucouleur people, and Lebou people. The Serer people (Serer proper: Seereer or Sereer) are a West African ethnoreligious group. [6][7] They are the third-largest ethnic group in Senegal, making up 15% of the Senegalese population. [8] They are also found in northern Gambia and southern Mauritania.
Banyum language, French language. Religion. Islam, African traditional religion. The Bainuk people (also called Banyuk, Banun, Banyun, Bainouk, Bainunk, Banyum, Bagnoun, Banhum, Banyung, Ñuñ, Elomay, or Elunay) are an ethnic group that today lives primarily in Senegal as well as in parts of Gambia and Guinea-Bissau.
The Serer-Ndut or Ndut also spelt (Ndoute or N'doute) are an ethnic group in Senegal numbering 38600. [1] They are part of the Serer people who collectively make up the third largest ethnic group in Senegal. [2] The Serer-Ndut live mostly in western Senegal in the district of Mont-Roland, northwest of the city of Thiès.
Map of the ethnic groups of Senegal drawn by David Boilat (1853) There are various ...