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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.
In addition, numerous immigrants and their descendants live in France, including from Europe (Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Romanians), North Africa (Algerians, Tunisians, Moroccans), Sub-Saharan Africa (Congolese, Senegalese) Asia , Armenians, Jews and the French overseas territories. Around 15 to 20% of the population in 2000 were of non ...
During the colonial era, the diversity within each of Nigeria's major ethnic groups slowly decreased, and distinctions between the Igbo and other large ethnic groups, such as the Hausa and the Yoruba, became sharper. [117] The establishment of British colonial rule transformed Igbo society, as portrayed in Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart.
The Mandinka or Malinke [note 1] are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, The Gambia, southern Senegal and eastern Guinea. [19] Numbering about 11 million, [20] [21] they are the largest subgroup of the Mandé peoples and one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in Africa.
A significant proportion of the Fula – a third, or an estimated 7 to 10 million [26] – are pastoralists, and their ethnic group has the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The majority of the Fula ethnic group consisted of semi-sedentary people, [ 28 ] as well as sedentary settled farmers, scholars, artisans ...
The Wolof people (UK: / ˈ w oʊ l ɒ f /) [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]
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). [13] The number of babies born in Africa compared to the rest of the world is expected to reach approximately 37% in the year 2050. [14]
The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, constituting 52% of the population, [1] or about 11.1 million people. The other 48% of Burkina Faso's population is composed of more than 60 ethnic groups, mainly the Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Bissa and Fulani. [2] The Mossi speak the Mòoré language.