Culture & Literature

Kikuyu, also known as Gikuyu or Agikuyu, are Bantu-speaking people who dwell near Mount Kenya in the highlands of south-central...

The name Gurunsi comes from the Djerma language of Niger words “Guru-si”, which means “iron does not penetrate”. The term...

Swazi, Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the tree-studded grasslands of Swaziland, the neighboring Mpumalanga province of South Africa, and Mozambique. The language...

The Ebira (also spelled Igbira or Igbirra) are an agrarian Nupoid-speaking ethnolinguistic group in Nigeria's Central Senatorial district (near the...

The Denya are a small ethnic group who reside in the forests of the Akwaya and Mamfe Central Subdivisions of...

The Nupe (also called Nubawa by the Hausa and Tapa by the neighboring Yoruba) are an indigenous ethnic group of...

The Nzebi or Bandjabis (plural of Nzébi) are a Bantu people from Central Africa who live in Gabon and the...

Tsogo is a Bantu language spoken by the Tsogo people, who inhabit the central regions of Gabon. The language is...

The Bambara are a Mandé ethnic group who inhabit most of West Africa, particularly southern Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and...

The Sara people are a Central Sudanic ethnic group native to southern Chad, the northwestern areas of the Central African...