Culture & Literature

The Kabiye, also known as Kabye, Kabre, or Cabrai', are a people living in the north central mountains and northern...

The Gbagyi, or Gbari, are an ethnic group found predominantly in Central Nigeria with an estimated population of 12 million....

The Tuareg people are known for their distinctive traditional clothing, which includes indigo-dyed robes and turbans. The indigo colour gives...

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...