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Masai |
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| The Masai |
Masai Masai |
| Mende | |
| The term Mande refers to
a large family of languages spoken by a great number of West African
ethnic groups and to the geographic areas that these groups occupy. The
Mande people are renowned for the wide variation in their religious,
linguistic, and social practices. Mande society consists of two main
groups: the Horonw and the Nyamakalaw. The Horonw, people of earth and
agriculture, are the aristocracy, the warriors and the commoners. The
Nyamakalw, on the other hand, are an endogamous group that can be
considered to possess and control the spiritual energy of nature called
'Nyama'. |
The world of the Mande History, Art and Ritual In the Mande Culture |
| Ogoni |
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FACTSHEET
ON THE OGONI STRUGGLE Ogoni people and Shell conflict in Nigeria. |
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| Yoruba |
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| Yoruba is the second
largest language group in Africa, consisting of over 20 million people.
The term 'Yoruba' encompasses about twenty-five separate groups, each
one culturally different from the next. Islam, Christianity, and the
'traditional' Yoruba pantheon, the orisa, are all embraced in
Yorubaland. |
Yoruba Overview Yoruba people of Nigeria |
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| Minorities of Somalia List of minorities in Somalia
African Studies WWW (U. Penn) With a lot of links to a lot of sites on various subjects |
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