Profiles of Some Peoples of Africa

The Horn of Africa

• The Afar of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti
• The Amhara of Ethiopia
• The Digil-Rahawiin People (Maay-Speaking) of Somalia
• The Gawwada of Ethiopia
• The Gosha of Somalia and Kenya
• The Meen of Ethiopia
• The Somali of Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia
• The Tigray-Tigrinya People of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Sudan/Chad

• The Baggara of Sudan and Chad
• The Beja of Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt
• The Daju of Sudan and Chad
• The Dinka of Sudan
• The Fur of Sudan
• The Masalit of Sudan and Chad
• The Nuer of Sudan   Revised!

Democratic Republic of
Congo (former Zaire)

• Gbati-ri
• Mayeka
• Ngando
• Ngongo
• Nyanga-li
• Salampasu
• Seba (Kunda)
• Sonde
• Taabwa of Zambia and the DRC
• Yansi

• The Bondei of Tanzania
• The Borana of Kenya
• The Datooga of Tanzania
• The Dorobo Peoples of Kenya and Tanzania
• The Duruma Of Kenya
• The Gabbra of Kenya
• The Ganda of Uganda
• The Gosha of Somalia and Kenya
• The Jains of Kenya
• The Kalenjin of Kenya
• The Kikuyu People of Kenya
• The Kumam of Uganda
• The Luhya of Kenya
• The Meru of Kenya  
• The Mukogodo of Kenya
• The Munyoyaya of Kenya
• The Nubi of Kenya and Uganda
• The Nyankore of Uganda
• The Orma of Kenya
• The Rendille of Kenya
• The Sagara (Sagala, Sagalla) of Tanzania
• The Sakuye of Kenya
• The Samburu of Kenya
• The Sandawe of Tanzania
• The Sikhs of Kenya   
• The Somali of Kenya
• The Suba of Kenya and Tanzania
• The Sukuma of Tanzania
• The Swahili of East Africa
• The Taabwa People of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo
• The Turkana of Kenya
• The Zinza of Tanzania

• The !Kung (Bushmen) of Southern Africa
• The Afrikaners of South Africa  
• The Chewa (Nyanja) of Malawi  
• The Coloureds of Southern Africa
• The Comoro People of Madagascar
• The Divehi (Maldivians) of the Maldive Islands
• The Gwikwe Bushmen of Namibia and Botswana
• The Lomwe of Malawi
• The Luchazi of Southern Africa
• The Mbarakwengo Bushmen of the Kalahari
• The Maravi (Nyanja) of Malawi
• The Nsenga of Mozambique
• The Shangaan of Southeastern Africa
• The Swazi of Southeastern Africa
• The Tswa People
• The Tswana of Southern Africa
• The Xhosa of South Africa

• Botswana: Country Profile

• Arabic in East Africa: Language Profile

• Chart of the !Kung (Bushman) Peoples and Languages
• The Nilotic Peoples Relationship Tree

Menu last updated 20 October 2009
These profiles were written by:
Dr. Orville Boyd Jenkins      researchguy@iname.com
Some were cowritten with others as credited