Peoples of Africa Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Tumbuka, a people who live on the lightly wooded plateau between the northwestern shore of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malaŵi)......
Turkana, a people living in the arid, sandy expanse of northwestern Kenya, from Lake Rudolf (Lake Turkana) to the......
Tutsi, ethnic group of probable Nilotic origin, whose members live within Rwanda and Burundi. The Tutsi formed......
Twa, one of the best-known of the many Pygmy groups scattered across equatorial Africa. Like all other African......
Uitlander, (Afrikaans: “foreigner”), any British or other non-Afrikaner immigrant in the Transvaal region in the......
Urhobo, a people of the northwestern part of the Niger River delta in extreme southern Nigeria. They speak a language......
Vai, people inhabiting northwestern Liberia and contiguous parts of Sierra Leone. Early Portuguese writers called......
Venda, a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the region of the Republic of South Africa known from 1979 to 1994 as......
Voortrekker, any of the Boers (Dutch settlers or their descendants), or, as they came to be called in the 20th......
Wolof, a Muslim people of Senegal and The Gambia who speak the Wolof language of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo......
Xhosa, a group of mostly related peoples living primarily in Eastern Cape province, South Africa. They form part......
Yaka, a people inhabiting the wooded plateau and savanna areas between the Kwango and Wamba rivers in southwestern......
Yakö, people of the Cross River region of eastern Nigeria; they speak Luko, a language of the Benue-Congo branch......
Yao, various Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting southernmost Tanzania, the region between the Rovuma and Lugenda......
Yaunde, a Bantu-speaking people of the hilly area of south-central Cameroon who live in and around the capital......
Yoruba, one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria, concentrated in the southwestern part of that country.......
Zande, a people of Central Africa who speak a language of the Adamawa-Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language......
Zaramo, a people who reside in the area surrounding Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania, and comprise the major ethnic component......
Zarma, a people of westernmost Niger and adjacent areas of Burkina Faso and Nigeria. The Zarma speak a dialect......
Zulu, a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of the southern......