African peoples

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African peoples are the diverse indigenous ethnic groups of the African continent, encompassing a wide range of cultures, languages, and histories that have significantly shaped global civilization and the African diaspora.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group collection ⓘ
associatedLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Khoisan languages ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
associatedReligion Baha'i Faith ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
characteristic culturally diverse ⓘ
historically diverse ⓘ
linguistically diverse ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalContribution agricultural knowledge ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
cuisine ⓘ
dance ⓘ
music ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religious thought ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
demographicSignificance large share of world population ⓘ
haveDiasporaIn Americas ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
include Afroasiatic-speaking peoples ⓘ
Akan people ⓘ
Amazigh (Berber) peoples ⓘ
linked to: Berbers

Amhara people ⓘ
Arabized African peoples ⓘ
Bantu peoples ⓘ
Berber people ⓘ
linked to: Berbers

Cushitic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic

Fulani people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Hausa people ⓘ
Hutu people ⓘ
linked to: Hutu

Igbo people ⓘ
Khoisan peoples ⓘ
Maasai people ⓘ
linked to: Maasai

Niger-Congo-speaking peoples ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan-speaking peoples ⓘ
Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Nubian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nubians

Oromo people ⓘ
Pygmy peoples ⓘ
San people ⓘ
linked to: San peoples

Shona people ⓘ
Somali people ⓘ
Swahili people ⓘ
Tuareg people ⓘ
linked to: Tuareg

Tutsi people ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi

Xhosa people ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ
Zulu people ⓘ
majorHistoricalProcess Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Bantu expansion ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
notableHistoricalEmpires Benin Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Benin

Great Zimbabwe ⓘ
Kingdom of Aksum ⓘ
linked to: Aksumite Empire

Kingdom of Kush ⓘ
Kongo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo

Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
politicalOrganizationForms city-states ⓘ
empires ⓘ
kingdoms ⓘ
stateless societies ⓘ
roleInHistory formed African diaspora ⓘ
shaped global civilization ⓘ
timeDepth prehistoric origins ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Asian communities → hasAncestry → African peoples ⓘ
I Speak of Freedom → intendedAudience → Africans ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Kalabari people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Niger–Congo peoples ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Lebowa → populationGroupTargetedByPolicy → Black Africans ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Batwa → recognizedAs → Indigenous peoples of Africa ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Hararghe Oromo → partOf → Horn of Africa peoples ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Sidama people → arePartOf → Horn of Africa peoples ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Elmolo → rightsCategory → Indigenous peoples of Africa ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Windward Maroons → ethnicOrigin → Africans ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Regency of Tripoli → hasEthnicGroup → Sub-Saharan Africans ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
Indian Ocean slave trade → involvedEthnicGroup → Africans ⓘ
linked to: African peoples