African ethnic groups and ancient sites
and their modern corresponding countries

Abakwariga (see Hausa)
Ababua (see Abua)
Abarambo CONGO DEM. REP.
Abron (see Bron)
Abua NIGERIA
Acholi UGANDA
Acoli (see Acholi)
Adangbe (see Adangme)
Adangme GHANA
Adaumas (see Aduma)
Adiukru GHANA
Aduma GABON
Afo NIGERIA
Afar DJIBOUTI
Afro-Portuguese GUINEA-BISSAU, ANGOLA
Afu (see Afo)
Agni (see Anyi)
Ajukru (see Adiukru)
Akan GHANA
Akela CONGO DEM. REP.
Akon (see Ebrie)
Akye (see Atye)
Alagoa NIGERIA
Alagwa (see Alagoa)
Alangua (see Alagoa)
Alur UGANDA
Amampando (see Nguni)
Ambete CONGO DEM REP
Ambo (see Ovambo)
Amhara ETHIOPIA
Angas NIGERIA
Angba CONGO DEM REP
Angi (see Anyi)
Angoni TANZANIA
Ankole UGANDA
Ankwe (see Goemai)
Antandroy MADAGASCAR
Anuak ETHIOPIA
Anyang (see Cross River)
Anyi COTE D'IVOIRE
Anyou CONGO DEM. REP.
Aowin GHANA
Asalampasu (see Salumpasu)
Asango (see Mashango)
Asante (see Ashanti)
Ashante (see Ashanti)
Ashanti GHANA
Ashira BENIN
Assini COTE D'IVOIRE
Ataks NIGERIA
Atols BURKINA FASO
Atie (see Atye)
Attie (see Atye)
Atye GHANA
Azande SUDAN
Azandi (see Azande)

Babangi (see Babanki)
Babanki CAMEROON
BaBemba (see Bemba)
Babeo CONGO DEM. REP.
Baboa CONGO DEM. REP.
Baboma REP. OF CONGO
Babuye CONGO DEM. REP.
Babwa CAMEROON
Bachama NIGERIA
Badjok (see Chokwe)
Badjokwe (see Chokwe)
Bafia CAMEROON
Bafo CAMEROON
Bafum CAMEROON
Bafusam CAMEROON
Baga GUINEA
Baganda UGANDA
Bagirmi CHAD
BaHemba (see Hemba)
Bahima UGANDA
Baholo CONGO DEM. REP.
Bahuana CONGO DEM. REP.
Bajokwe (see Chokwe)
Bakele (see Akela)
BaKete (see Kete)
BaKongo (see Kongo)
BaKota (see Kota)
BaKuba (see Kuba)
Bakundu (see Kundu)
Bakwe (see Bakwese)
Bakwele CONGO DEM. REP.
Bakwese CONGO DEM. REP.
Balali (see Bembe)
BaLega (see Lega)
BaLesa (see Lega)
Balante GUINEA-BISSAU
Bali NIGERIA
BaLuba (see Luba)
BaLumbu (see Lumbo)
Balunda (see Lunda)
Balwalwa CONGO DEM. REP.
Bamali CAMEROON
Bamana (see Bambara)
BaMbala (see Mbala)
Bambara MALI
BaMbole (see Mbole)
Bambuti (see Pygmy)
Bamessing CAMEROON
Bamileke CAMEROON
Bamum (see Bamun)
Bamun CAMEROON
Banda CONGO DEM. REP.
Bane CONGO DEM. REP.
Bangala (see Ngala)
Bangangte CAMEROON
Banga NIGERIA
Bangba CONGO DEM. REP.
Bangi REP. OF CONGO
Bangombe (see Ngala)
Bangu CAMEROON
Bangwa CAMEROON
Bajuni (see Swahili)
Bankanu CONGO DEM. REP.
Bankal NIGERIA
Bankoni MALI
Bankutshu (see Nkutshu)
Bankutu (see Nkutshu)
Banu CAMEROON
Banyabi (see Bemba)
Banyang (see Cross River)
Banyoro (see Bunyoro)
Banza CONGO DEM. REP.
Bapende (see Pende)
Bapunu GABON
Barabaik TANZANIA
Barawa/Jawara (see Jarawa)
Barebare (see Jawara)
Bari SUDAN
Barotse (see Lozi)
Barundi BURUNDI
Basakomo NIGERIA
Basalampasu (see Salampasu)
Basangu (see Mashangu)
Basarawa River Bushmen (see San)
Basari (see Chamba)
Bashilele CONGO DEM. REP.
Basikabingo CONGO DEM. REP.
BaSonge (see Songye)
BaSongye (see Songye)
BaSotho (see Sotho)
Bassa COTE D'IVOIRE, cr. CAMEROON
Basan NIGERIA
Bassa-Kwomu NIGERIA
Bassari GHANA
Basuku CONGO DEM. REP.
Basundi CONGO DEM. REP.
Basuto (see Sotho)
Bata NIGERIA
BaTabwa (see Pygmy)
BaTeke (see Teke-Tsaayi)
BaTatela (see Tetela)
Bati CAMEROON
BaTutsi (see Tutsi)1
Baoule (see Baule)
Baule NIGERIA, cr. COTE D'IVOIRE
Baushi CONGO DEM. REP.
BaVili (see Vili)
BaWoyo (see Woyo)
Baya CENTRAL AFR. REP.
BaYaaka (see Yaka)
Bayanzi CONGO DEM. REP.
Bayeke CONGO DEM. REP.
BaYombe (see Yombe)
Bechuana BOTSWANA, S. AFR
Bekom CAMEROON
BeLaga (see Lega)
Bemba ZAMBIA
Bembe CONGO DEM. REP.
Bembe Fizi CONGO DEM. REP.
Bena Kanioka REP. OF CONGO
Bena Lulua CONGO DEM. REP.
Bende TANZANIA
Beng BURKINA FASO
Benin NIGERIA
Berber N.AFR, MALI, NIGER
Bete COTE D'IVOIRE
Beti (see Eton)
Betsileo MADAGASCAR
Bidjogo GUINEA
Bidyugo (see Bidjogo)
Bifanka CAMEROON
Bihe ANGOLA
Bijago (see Bidjogo)
Bijogo (see Bidjogo)
Bijugo (see Bidjogo)
Bikom (see Kom)
Bindji (see Binji Bini GHANA, cr. BENIN)
Bini-Portuguese GUINEA-BISSAU
Binji CONGO DEM. REP.
Biombo CONGO DEM. REP.
Bira CONGO DEM. REP.
Birom NIGERIA
Boa CONGO DEM REP.
Bobo BURKINA FASO
Boki NIGERIA
Bolewa NIGERIA
Bongo CONGO
Boni KENYA
Boran (see Borana)
Borana KENYA
Bororo NIGER, cr. NIGERIA
Boshongo (see Kuba)
Boulea (see Builsa)
Boyo CONGO DEM. REP.
Boza (see Bozo)
Bozo MALI
Brissa (see Aowin)
Bron NIGERIA
Brussa (see Aowin)
Builsa GHANA
Buli GHANA
Bulse (see Builsa)
Bullom SIERRA LEON
Bulu CAMEROON
Bum CAMEROON
Bumoun (see Bum)
Bumum (see Bum)
Bunyoro UGANDA
Bura NIGERIA
Burenkedji (see Samburu)
Burom NIGERIA
Burun SUDAN
Bushmen (see San)
Bushongo (see Kuba)
Busu CHAD
Buye BURUNDI
Buzi (see Toma)
Bwa (see Bobo)
Bwaka CONGO
Bwansa KENYA
Bwende CONGO

Cameroon CAMEROON
Chagga TANZANIA
Cham NIGERIA
Chamba NIGERIA
Chencha (see Dorze)
Chibuk NIGERIA
Chip NIGERIA
Chokwe CONGO
Chopi SOUTH AFRICA
Cross River NIGERIA

Daba CAMEROON
Dagaba (see Dagari)
Dagari BURKINA FASO
Dagarti (see Dagari)
Dagati (see Dagari)
Dagatsi (see Dagari)
Dagbani GHANA
Dagomba (see Dagbani)
Dahomey (see Fon)
Daima NIGERIA
Dakakari NIGERIA
Dakpa (see Banda)
Dan LIBERIA cr from Ivory Coast
Dan Ngere (see Kpelle)
Danakil ETHIOPIA
De LIBERIA
Degha (see Mo)
Dei LIBERIA
Dendi NIGER
Dengese CONGO
Dera NIGERIA
Dia CONGO
Dida COTE D'IVOIRE
Difale (see Sao)
Dinka SUDAN, ETHIOPIA
Diola (see Jula)
Diomande COTE D'IVOIRE
Dioula (see Jula)
Diula (see Jula)
Djenne (see Jenne)
Djenne-Mopti MALI
Djerma (see Zarma)
Djola (see Jula)
Djompre NIGERIA
Dogon MALI
Dorobo KENYA
Dorze ETHIOPIA
Duala CAMEROON
Duma GABON
Dye COTE D'IVOIRE
Dyula (see Jula)

Ebrie COTE D'IVOIRE
Edo NIGERIA
Efik NIGERIA
Eggon NIGERIA
Ejagham (see Cross River)
Ekiti NIGERIA
Ekoi (see Cross River)
Ekonda CONGO
Elmoran (see Masai)
Eloyi (see Afo)
Enia COTE D'IVOIRE
Enya (see Enia)
Esele CONGO
Esie NIGERIA
Eton CAMEROON
Etsako NIGERIA
Ewe TOGO

Falasha ETHIOPIA
Fali CAMEROON
Fang GABON
Fante (see Fanti)
Fanti GHANA
Fon BENIN
Frafra BURKINA FASO
Fula NIGERIA
Fulani (see Fula)
Fulbe (see Fula)
Fulse (see Kurumba)

Ga GHANA
Ga'anda NIGERIA
Galla ETHIOPIA
Gan [Kamba] (see Beng)
Gaola CAMEROON
Ganda UGANDA
Gato ETHIOPIA
Gbande LIBERIA
Gbari NIGERIA
Geh LIBERIA
Genie (see Jenne)
Gera NIGERIA
Gere COTE D'IVOIRE,
Gewara NIGERIA LIBERIA
Ghimbala MALI
Giragi NIGERIA
Giriama (see Giryama)
Giryama KENYA
Goemai NIGERIA
Gogo TANZANIA
Gola SIERRA LEONE
Goli COTE D'IVOIRE
Goma TANZANIA
Goma-Builsa GHANA
Gomei (see Goemai)
Gonja GHANA
Goroa TANZANIA
Gourounsi (see Grusi)
Grassland GAMBIA
Grebo COTE D'IVOIRE
Grunshi (see Grusi)
Grusi BURKINA FASO
Guere (see Gere)
Gule SUDAN
Gurage ETHIOPIA
Gurma GHANA
Guro COTE D'IVOIRE
Gurunsi (see Grusi)
Gwandara NIGERIA
Gwari (see Gbari)

Habbe (see Dogon)
Habe (see Hausa)
Ham NIGERIA
Hausa NIGERIA
Haya TANZANIA
Hemba CONGO
Herero NAMIBIA
Holo CONGO cr. ANGOLA
Holo Holo (see Holo)
Hungana CONGO
Horohoro TANZANIA
Hottentot (see Khoi-Khoi)
Hova MADAGASCAR
Huana (see Hugana)
Hutu RWANDA

Ibibio NIGERIA
Ibie NIGERIA
Ibo (see Igbo)
Idoma NIGERIA
Ife NIGERIA
Igala NIGERIA
Igbira NIGERIA
Igbo NIGERIA
Igbo Ukwu NIGERIA
Igede NIGERIA
Ijaw NIGERIA
Ijo NIGERIA
Ikom NIGERIA
Ildorobo (see Dorobo)
Ilmaasai (see Masai)
Inye (see Igbo)
Inyanga (see Nyanga)
Iraku TANZANIA
Irigwe NIGERIA
Ishan NIGERIA
Ituri CONGO

Jaba NIGERIA
Jarawa NIGERIA
Jebba & Tada NIGERIA
Jen NIGERIA
Jenne MALI
Jiji TANZANIA
Jokwe (see Chokwe)
Juken (see Jukun)
Jukun NIGERIA
Jula BURKINA FASO, COTE D'IVOIRE, MALI

Kabre GHANA
Kaffa ETHIOPIA
Kahe TANZANIA
Kaje NIGERIA
Kaka CAMEROON
Kalabari NIGERIA
Kalanga CONGO
Kaluena CONGO
Kamba KENYA
Kami NIGERIA
Kamo NIGERIA
Kanakuru NIGERIA
Kandiaga (see Builsa)
Kandu-Mongo CONGO
Kanembu CHAD
Kanuri NIGERIA
Kanyok CONGO
Kanyoka (see Kanyok)
Karamojong UGANDA
Kasena MALI
Kasonke (see Kasena)
Kassena (see Kasena)
Kassouna (see Kasena)
Katundu CONGO
Kavirondo (see Luo)
Ke NIGERIA
Keaka (see Cross River)
Kebbawa NIGERIA
Kerewe TANZANIA
Kete CONGO
Khoi-Khoi NAMIBIA
Kikuyu KENYA
Kilhepo CONGO
Kindiga TANZANIA
Kioko (see Chokwe)
Kiokue (see Chokwe)
Kirdi CAMEROON
Kissi GUINEA
Kize SOUTH AFRICA
Kiziba UGANDA
Kofyar NIGERIA
Kom CAMEROON
Kong CAMEROON
Kongo CONGO
Konjo CONGO
Konkomba GHANA
Kono NIGERIA
Konor (see Kono)
Konso ETHIOPIA
Kota GABON
Kotoko CHAD
Kpelle LIBERIA
Kran (see Gere)
Kreda CHAD
Krej NIGERIA
Krinjabo COTE D'IVOIRE
Kru LIBERIA
Kuanyama Ambo ANGOLA
Kuba CONGO
Kulango COTE D'IVOIRE
Kumu CONGO .
Kundu CAMEROON
Kurumba BURKINA FASO
Kusu CONGO
Kutofo CAMEROON
Kuyu CONGO
Kwafi (see Masai)
Kwanga ZAMBIA
Kwangwa NAMIBIA
Kwele GABON
Kweni (see Guro)
Kwilu CONGO

Landuma GUINEA
Lango UGANDA
Latuka SUDAN
Lega (see Rega)
Lele CONGO
Lengola CONGO
Lete SOUTH AFRICA
Li (see Ligbi)
Liavela ANGOLA
Ligbi COTE D'IVOIRE
Limba GUINEA
Limbo CEN AF
Loberu (see Lobi)
Lobi BURKINA FASO cr. GHANA
Lokele CONGO
Loko SIERRA LEONE
Loma (see Toma)
Lomwe SOUTH AFRICA
Lower Niger NIGERIA
LoWiili (see Lobi)
Lozi ZAMBIA
Luba CONGO
Luenda CONGO
Lugbara CONGO
Lulu CONGO
Lulua CONGO
Luluwa (see Bena Luluwa)
Lumbo CONGO
Lunda CONGO
Lunduman SIERRA LEONE
Lutuko SUDAN
Lwalwa CONGO
Lydenburg SOUTH AFRICA

Ma CONGO
Maasai (see Masai)
Mabo CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
Mada NIGERIA
Madi UGANDA
Mahafaly MADAGASCAR
Mahongwe GABON
Makonde TANZANIA
Makua TANZANIA
Mali Kingdom MALI
Malinke MALI, GUINEA
Malunga CONGO
Mama NIGERIA
Mambila CAMEROON
Mambunda CONGO
Mampuru (see Mamprussi)
Mamprussi GHANA
Mamvu CONGO
Mandingo SENEGAL
Mandjako GUINEA-BISSAU
Mangaka CONGO .
Mangbetu CONGO
Manja CONGO
Mano LIBERIA
Manyakaze CONGO
Manyema CONGO
Maravi MOZAMBIQUE
Marendet NIGER
Marghi (see Margi)
Margi NIGERIA
Marka BURKINA FASO
Masa CAMEROON
Masai KENYA
Masaramo ETHIOPIA
Mashango CONGO
Mashi CONGO
MaShona (see Shona)
Massa (see Masa)
Masubiya NAMIBIA
Matabele (see Ndebele)
Matakam CAMEROON
Matambwe TANZANIA
Mau (see Ma)
Mawia CONGO
Mayombe CONGO
Mazinga CONGO
Mbala CONGO
MbaNgala (see Ngala)
Mbanya CEN. AFR. REP.
Mbenge CONGO
Mbete CONGO
Mbole CONGO
Mboma CONGO
Mbukushu CONGO
Mbun CONGO
Mbunda ZAMBIA
Mbundi MALAWI
Mbundu (see Ovimbundu)
Mekan ETHIOPIA
Mende SIERRA LEONE
Mendjo CAMEROON
Metoko CONGO
Mfinu CONGO
Miango NIGERIA
Mileke CAMEROON
Minianka MALI
Mirriam NIGERIA
Mitsogo GABON
Mittu SUDAN
Mo GHANA
Moba TOGO
Mofu CAMEROON
Mongo CONGO
Montol NIGERIA
Moshi (see Mossi)
Mossi BURKINA FASO
Moumouye (see Chamba)
Mpondo SOUTH AFRICA
Mulwi (see Musgu)
Mum (see Bamun)
Mun NIGERIA
Mumye (see Chamba)
Mumuye (see Chamba)
Murle CONGO
Musgu CAMEROON
Musgum (see Musgu)
Mvai CAMEROON
Mwanza TANZANIA
Mwona (see Cham)
Mwere TANZANIA

Nafana (see Jula)
Nago BENIN
Nakaka CONGO
Nalu GUINEA-BISSAU
Nandi KENYA
Nankani (see Nankanse)
Nankanse GHANA
Napata (Cushite capital) SUDAN
Nausa Nbaka CONGO
Ndaka CONGO
Ndebele SOUTH AFRICA
Ndengese (see Dengese)
Ndiki CAMEROON
Ndjabi GABON
Ndrobo (see Dorobo)
Ngala CONGO
Ngangela NAMIBIA
Ngandu CONGO
Ngangte CONGO
Ngawakatese CONGO
Ngbaka CONGO
Ngbandi CONGO
Nge-Nge CONGO
Ngelima CONGO
Ngendi CONGO
Ngere (see Guere)
Ngindo TANZANIA
Ngola CONGO
Ngolo NIGERIA
Ngombe (see Ngala)
Ngoni TANZANIA
Ngumba CAMEROON
Ngumbi CONGO
Nguni SOUTH AFRICA
Ngwato BOTSWANA
Niger Delta NIGERIA
Njamus Nkanu CONGO
Nkole ZAMBIA
Nkundo CONGO
Nkutshu CONGO
Nok NIGERIA
Nsakara (see Nzakkara)
Nsapo CONGO
Nso CAMEROON
Ntum CAMEROON
Nuba SUDAN
Nuer SUDAN
Nunuma BURKINA FASO
Nupe NIGERIA
Nyamwezi TANZANIA
Nyanga ZIMBABWE
Nyoro UGANDA
Nyungwe MOZAMBIQUE
Nzakkara CONGO

Obane (see Cross River)
Ogoni NIGERIA
Ogowe CONGO
Ogyiek (see Dorobo)
Oron NIGERIA
Oubi COTE D'IVOIRE
Ovambo NAMIBIA (cr. NIGERIA, LIBERIA)
Ovimbundu ANGOLA
Owo NIGERIA

Pabir NIGERIA
Pahouin (see Fang)
Pangwe CAMEROON
Papel GUINEA-BISSAU
Pende CONGO
Pere CAMEROON
Peul (see Fula)
Pidlimndi NIGERIA
Piri NIGERIA
Pokot KENYA
Pondo (see Nguni)
Popo NIGERIA
Poto CONGO
Punu GABON
Pyem CAMEROON
Pygmy CONGO

Rashayidah ERITREA
Rega CONGO DEM. REP.
Regi TANZANIA
Rendile KENYA
Rindre NIGERIA
Rotse (see Lozi)
Ruanda language RWANDA
Rukuba NIGERIA

Sai (see Sao)
Saka CONGO
Sakalava MADAGASCAR
Sakata (see Saka)
Salampasu CONGO
Samburu KENYA
Samo BURKINA FASO
Saho ETHIOPIA
San NAMIBIA
Sao (see Kotoko)
Sara CHAD
Sarakole (see Soninke)
Saramo (see Zaramo)
Sayawa NIGERIA
Senufo MALI
Sere (see Azande)(cr. COTE D'IVOIRE)
Serer SENEGAL
Shambaa (see Shambala)
Shambala TANZANIA
Shai GHANA
Sherba (see Sherbro)
Sherbro SIERRA LEONE
Shi CONGO
Shilluk SUDAN
Shir NIGERIA
Shira CAMEROON
Shona ZIMBABWE
Shuwa CHAD
Sidamo ETHIOPIA
Sikasingo CONGO
Sisala NIGERIA
So (see Sao)
Sobo NIGERIA
Sogo CONGO
Soko CONGO
Sokoto NIGERIA
Solongo CONGO
Somali SOMALIA
Somba BENIN, TOGO
Songe (see Songye)
Songhai MALI, NIGER
Songo CONGO
Songola CONGO
Songye CONGO
Soninke MALI
Sotho LESOTHO
Suk (see Pokot)
Suku CONGO
Sukuma TANZANIA
Sundi CONGO
Sungu (see Tetela)
Surma ETHIOPIA
Susu GUINEA (cr. from SIERRA LEONE)
Swahili KENYA
Swazi SWAZILAND

Tabwa (see Pygmy)
Tada (see Jebba & Tada)
Tallensi GHANA
Tamba SUDAN
Tangale NIGERIA
Teke (see Teke-Tsaayi)
Teke-Tsaayi CONGO
Temba SUDAN
Temne SIERRA LEONE
Tera NIGERIA
Tetela CONGO
Thonga (see Nguni)
Tid ETHIOPIA
Tikar CAMEROON
Tiv NIGERIA
Togong (see Tigong)
Toma GUINEA
Tonga (see Nguni)
Totela (see Tetela)
Touba SENEGAL
Tsaayi (see Teke-Tsaayi)
Tshokwe (see Chokwe)
Tsogo GABON
Tuareg MOROCCO
Tu-Chokwe (see Chokwe)
Turkana KENYA
Tussi (see Tutsi)
Tusyan BURKINA FASO
Tutsi RWANDA
Twa RWANDA

Ubangi-Shari CENTRAL AF. REP
Urhobo NIGERIA

Vai LIBERIA
Venda SOUTH AFRICA
Vili CONGO
Vuvi CONGO

WaGiryama (see Giryama)
Waja NIGERIA
WaKamba (see Kamba)
WaKerewe (see Kerewe)
WaNdorobu (see Dorobo)
WaRega (see Rega)
WaSaramo (see Zaramo)
WaShambala (see Shambala)
WaSuaheli (see Swahili)
WaSukuma (see Sukuma)
WaTutsi (see Tutsi)
Wee [Krahn] (see Gere)
Wemba (see Bemba)
Wobe COTE D'IVOIRE
Wolof SENEGAL
Woyo CONGO
Wukari NIGERIA

Xhosa SOUTH AFRICA
Xosa (see Xhosa)

Yaka CONGO
Yakoba (see Dan)
Yanyi CONGO
Yanzi CONGO
Yao MOZAMBIQUE
Yaunde CAMEROON
Yaure COTE D'IVOIRE
Yelwa NIGERIA
Yembe (see Yombe)
Yombe CONGO
Yoruba NIGERIA
Yumbe (see Yombe)
Yungar (see Yungur)
Yungur NIGERIA

Zande (see Azande)
Zandi (see Azande)
Zaramo KENYA
Zaria NIGERIA
Zarma NIGERIA
Zezuru ZIMBABWE
Ziba TANZANIA
Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
Zozi (see Lozi)
Zulawa NIGERIA
Zulu SOUTH AFRICA
Zumper NIGERIA
Zuru NIGERIA