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Khoi-San (unity doubtful; Khoikhoi, San, Sandawe + Hadza) Malayo-Polynesian (Malagasy) Indo-European (Afrikaaner) 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 ...
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population.
The Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC) was founded in 1997. It is one of the main trans-national network organizations recognized as a representative of African indigenous peoples in dialogues with governments and bodies such as the UN. In 2008, IPACC was composed of 150 member organisations in 21 African countries.
Culture is the way of life of a group of people. Africa has numerous ethnic nationalities all with varying qualities such as language, dishes, greetings, dressing and dances. However, each of the regions of Africa share a series of dominant cultural traits which distinguish various African regional cultures from each other and the rest of the ...
According to UN estimates, the population of Africa may reach 2.49 billion by 2050 (about 26% of the world's total) and 4.28 billion by 2100 (about 39% of the world's total). [12] The number of babies born in Africa compared to the rest of the world is expected to reach approximately 37% in the year 2050.
History of Africa. This article contains oral traditions intended to be performed orally and not suited to literary form. Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in East Africa around 300,000–250,000 years ago.
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 ...
The development of Berberism in North Africa in the 1990s fostered a Tuareg ethnic revival. [42] Since 1998, three different flags have been designed to represent the Tuareg. [43] In Niger, the Tuareg people remain socially and economically marginalized, remaining poor and unrepresented in Niger's central government. [44]