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African peoples per country including an ASC Leiden Thesaurus identifier
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WDQS | PetScan | TABernacle | Find images | Recent changes | Query:SELECT ?item WHERE { ?item wdt:P5198 ?asc. ?item wdt:P31 wd:Q41710.}
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Algeria
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Beni Souik | Q61294465 | Algerian people | 294901256 | ethnic group | Algeria | ||
2 | Chaamba | Q2007538 | Algerian people | 294903879 | tribe ethnic group |
Algeria | ||
3 | Megarha | Q61648905 | Algerian and Libyan people | 294925120 | ethnic group | Algeria Libya |
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4 | Mekhadma | Q61648927 | Algerian people | 294925147 | ethnic group | Algeria | ||
5 | Mozabite people | Q1932580 | ethnic group | 294927077 | ethnic group | Algeria | Mozabite | |
6 | Sa'id Atba | Q61650732 | Algerian people | 294935762 | ethnic group | Algeria |
Angola
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Benin
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Botswana
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Brazil
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | African Brazilians | Q388315 | racial or ethnic group of Brazilians with African ancestry | 294897119 | ethnic group | Brazil | Afro-Brazilians | |
2 | Arabs | Q35323 | Arabic-speaking ethnic and national groups, originally from the Arabian Peninsula | 294898972 | ethnic group | Brazil France Argentina Venezuela Indonesia Iran Israel United States of America Mexico Turkey Spain Australia Russia Malaysia Singapore |
Arab people |
Burkina Faso
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Cameroon
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Central African Republic
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Chad
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Equatorial Guinea
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bubi people | Q41477 | ethnic group in Equatorial Guinea | 29490266X | ethnic group | Equatorial Guinea | Bubi people | |
2 | Fa d'Ambu | Q55379913 | Equatorial Guinean people | 407959718 | ethnic group | Equatorial Guinea | ||
3 | Kombe people | Q1154419 | ethnic group in Equatorial Guinea | 407959696 | ethnic group | Equatorial Guinea | Ndowe people | |
4 | Kwasio people | Q6450249 | Ethnic group | 407959688 | isolated human group ethnic group |
Equatorial Guinea Cameroon |
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5 | Lengue people | Q6152328 | Equatorial Guinean people | 40795709X | ethnic group | Equatorial Guinea |
Eritrea
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Amarar tribe | Q4740190 | Northeast African people | 294898190 | ethnic group | Eritrea Sudan Ethiopia |
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2 | Eritreans | Q98083465 | citizens or residents of Eritrea | 294910298 | inhabitant human population ethnic group |
Eritrea |
Ethiopia
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Gabon
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Ghana
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Guinea
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Guinea-Bissau
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Biafada people | Q16209100 | ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau | 294901450 | ethnic group | Guinea-Bissau | Beafada people | |
2 | Bijago people | Q859832 | ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau | 294901566 | ethnic group | Guinea-Bissau | Bijagó people | |
3 | Mankanya people | Q3285298 | Ethnicity in Africa | 294923942 | ethnic group | Guinea-Bissau | Mankanya |
Ivory Coast
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Kamerun
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bafia people | Q2878895 | ethnic group in the Cameroon Grassfields | 294899863 | ethnic group | Kamerun Cameroon |
Bafia people | |
2 | Batanga | Q787294 | ethnic group | 294940006 | ethnic group | Kamerun Cameroon |
Batanga people | |
3 | Kpwe people | Q1669293 | Cameroonian people | 294920862 | ethnic group | Kamerun Cameroon |
Bakweri | |
4 | Mangisa | Q25395416 | Cameroonian people | 294923926 | ethnic group | Kamerun Cameroon |
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5 | Mundang | Q502426 | ethnic group | 294926720 | ethnic group | Kamerun | Moundang people | |
6 | Ngemba | Q25395089 | people and ethnic group in Kamerun | 294928286 | people ethnic group |
Kamerun | ||
7 | Vute | Q782179 | ethnic group | 294943501 | ethnic group | Kamerun Cameroon Nigeria |
Vute people | |
8 | Wum | Q3570164 | Cameroonian people | 294897224 | ethnic group | Kamerun Cameroon |
Wum people |
Kenya
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Liberia
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Gbandi | Q2882312 | ethnic group from Liberia | 294900314 | ethnic group | Liberia | ||
2 | Grebo people | Q1164772 | ethnic group | 29491420X | ethnic group | Liberia Ivory Coast |
Grebo people | |
3 | Mende people | Q1262400 | ethnic group in Liberia and Sierra Leone | 294925228 | ethnic group | Liberia Sierra Leone |
Mende people | |
4 | Sapo | Q55143876 | ethnic group from Liberia | 29493622X | ethnic group | Liberia | ||
5 | Vai people | Q2002234 | West African ethnic group | 294943137 | ethnic group | Liberia Sierra Leone |
Vai people |
Madagascar
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Malawi
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Chewa people | Q1071390 | ethnic group | 294904069 | ethnic group | Malawi Zambia Zimbabwe Mozambique |
Chewa people | |
2 | Lomwe people | Q1868817 | ethnic group in Malawi and Mozambique | 294922776 | ethnic group | Malawi Mozambique |
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3 | Ngonde people | Q56300464 | ethnic group in Malawi and Tanzania | 294928383 | ethnic group | Malawi Tanzania |
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4 | Ngoni people | Q17109664 | ethnic group living in the present-day in of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, tracing their origins to the Nguni and Zulu people of KwaZulu-Natal | 294928413 | ethnic group | Malawi Tanzania Zambia Mozambique |
Ngoni people | |
5 | Nyakyusa people | Q3140817 | ethnic and linguistic group in in the mountains of southern Tanzania and northern Malawi | 294929533 | ethnic group | Malawi Tanzania |
Nyakyusa people | |
6 | Yao people | Q1255780 | ethnic group in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania | 294944990 | ethnic group | Malawi Mozambique Tanzania |
Yao (East Africa) |
Mali
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bambara | Q504685 | ethnic group in Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal | 294900160 | ethnic group | Mali | Bamana people | |
2 | Dogon people | Q215583 | ethnic group indigenous to Mali | 294908331 | ethnic group | Mali Burkina Faso |
Dogon |
Morocco
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Ait Atta | Q2364324 | ethnic group | 294897720 | isolated human group ethnic group |
Morocco | Ait Atta | |
2 | Berber | Q45315 | ethnic group indigenous to North Africa | 294901310 | ethnic group | Morocco Algeria Niger Mali Libya Burkina Faso Tunisia Mauritania Egypt |
Berber people | |
3 | Glaoua | Q3108519 | Moroccan people | 294913742 | ethnic group | Morocco | ||
4 | Jebala | Q610512 | ethnic group | 294918302 | ethnic group tribe |
Morocco | Jebala |
Mozambique
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Makua people | Q1261884 | ethnic group in Mozambique | 294923497 | ethnic group | Mozambique | Makua people | |
2 | Ndau people | Q760787 | ethnic group in Mozambique and Zimbabwe | 294927808 | ethnic group | Mozambique Zimbabwe |
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3 | Zigula people | Q202778 | ethnic group in Mozambique and Tanzania | 294945482 | ethnic group | Mozambique Tanzania |
Zigula people |
Namibia
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Kavango people | Q648707 | Bantu ethnic group of Namibia | 294919279 | ethnic group | Namibia | Kavango | |
2 | Khoikhoi | Q219252 | ethnic group | 29491949X | ethnic group | Namibia South Africa Botswana German South-West Africa |
Khoikhoi | |
3 | Mafwe | Q85783102 | ethnic group in Namibia | 294912932 | ethnic group | Namibia |
Niger
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bozo people | Q896172 | ethnic group in Mali and Niger | 294902457 | ethnic group | Niger | Bozo | |
2 | Isawaghen | Q3515919 | ethnic group in Niger | 294917950 | ethnic group | Niger | ||
3 | Kalabari tribe | Q1721908 | ethnic group in Niger / Ghana, part of Ijaw people | 294918868 | ethnic group | Niger Ghana |
Kalabari people | |
4 | Kurtey people | Q6447182 | ethnic group in Niger | 29492051X | ethnic group | Niger | ||
5 | Tuareg | Q58843 | Berber people of the Sahara desert with a nomadic pastoralist lifestyle | 294941924 | ethnic group | Niger Mali Burkina Faso Algeria Libya Mauritania Nigeria Egypt |
Tuareg | |
6 | Wogo | Q3569581 | ethnic group in Niger | 294944257 | ethnic group | Niger | ||
7 | Zarma people | Q148004 | ethnic group of westernmost Niger, Nigeria, Benin and nearby countries | 294945423 | ethnic group | Niger Nigeria Ghana Burkina Faso Benin |
Djerma people |
Nigeria
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Republic of the Congo
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Rwanda
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Banyarwanda | Q438374 | Bantu ethnolinguistic supraethnicity | 294900578 | ethnic group | Rwanda Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda |
Banyarwanda | |
2 | Tutsi | Q193092 | ethnic group inhabiting the African Great Lakes region | 294942157 | ethnic group | Rwanda Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Tanzania Uganda |
Tutsi |
Senegal
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Sierra Leone
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Kono people | Q3198706 | major ethnic group in Sierra Leone | 294919953 | ethnic group | Sierra Leone | ||
2 | Sherbro people | Q1004543 | ethnic group in Sierra Leone | 294937226 | ethnic group | Sierra Leone | Sherbro people | |
3 | Temne people | Q748316 | ethnic group in Sierra Leone | 294940561 | ethnic group | Sierra Leone | Temne people |
Somalia
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Rahanweyn | Q2005663 | Somali clan family | 294934138 | ethnic group | Somalia | ||
2 | Somali Bantu | Q1651019 | Ethnic group(s) in Somalia | 294913947 | ethnic group | Somalia Kenya |
Somali Bantu | |
3 | Somalis | Q241696 | ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa | 294938443 294938400 |
ethnic group | Somalia Ethiopia Yemen Kenya Djibouti United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia |
Somalis |
South Africa
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bakoena | Q804468 | Ethic group in Southern Africa | 294920811 | ethnic group | South Africa Zimbabwe Botswana |
Koena tribe | |
2 | Ghoya | Q60617561 | South African people | 301277907 | ethnic group | South Africa | ||
3 | Lovedu people | Q3633488 | ethnic group in Namibia and South Africa | 294922598 | ethnic group | South Africa Namibia |
Lobedu | |
4 | Swazi people | Q939691 | ethnic group of Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe | 294939733 | ethnic group human population |
South Africa Eswatini Mozambique Zimbabwe |
Swazi people | |
5 | Thembu tribe | Q1779499 | Xhosa speaking people based in South Africa | 294940553 | ethnic group | South Africa | Thembu people | |
6 | Venda people | Q1785209 | ethnic group in South Africa and Zimbabwe | 294943242 | ethnic group | South Africa Zimbabwe |
Venda people | |
7 | Zulu | Q129962 | ethnic group in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | 294945636 | ethnic group | South Africa Eswatini Lesotho |
Zulu people |
South Sudan
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Sudan
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bedairiya | Q70555258 | Sudanese people | 294901019 | ethnic group | Sudan | ||
2 | Berti | Q828169 | african ethnic group in western Sudan | 294901361 | ethnic group | Sudan | ||
3 | Fulbe people | Q202575 | ethnic group in Sahel and West Africa | 294912800 | people ethnic group |
Sudan South Sudan Burkina Faso Liberia The Gambia Mauritania Nigeria Niger Chad Mali Cameroon Ghana Sierra Leone Togo Central African Republic Ivory Coast Guinea-Bissau Benin Guinea Ethiopia Eritrea |
Fula people | |
4 | Fur people | Q1124032 | ethnic group | 29491286X | ethnic group | Sudan | Fur people | |
5 | Kawahla people | Q6379518 | arab tribe in Sudan | 294919287 | ethnic group | Sudan | ||
6 | Lahawin people | Q6473173 | Sudanese people | 363920951 | ethnic group | Sudan | ||
7 | Shaigiya people | Q7462404 | Sudanese people | 294937102 | ethnic group | Sudan |
Tanzania
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Togo
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Ada | Q55342471 | Ethnic group in Ghana and Togo | 294896538 | ethnic group | Togo Ghana |
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2 | Akebu people | Q417101 | ethnic group from Togo | 402505697 | ethnic group | Togo | ||
3 | Kabye people | Q8102636 | Togolese people | 29491868X | ethnic group | Togo | Kabye | |
4 | Kposo people | Q420651 | ethnic group | 294920226 | ethnic group | Togo Ghana |
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5 | Losso people | Q1972445 | West African ethnic group | 294927743 | ethnic group | Togo | Nawdba |
Uganda
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Zambia
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bemba people | Q644450 | ethnic group in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia; Bemba kingdom | 294901116 | ethnic group | Zambia Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Bemba people | |
2 | Bisa | Q56301004 | Zambian people | 294901787 | ethnic group | Zambia | ||
3 | Ila people | Q25039574 | ethnic group in Zambia | 294916407 | ethnic group | Zambia |
Zimbabwe
[edit]image | number | Article | item | description | ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID | instance of | country | Commons category |
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1 | Bhebhe | Q70586664 | Zimbabwean people | 338349189 | ethnic group | Zimbabwe | ||
2 | Lemba people | Q167577 | ethnic group in Zimbabwe and South Africa | 294921982 | ethnic group | Zimbabwe Limpopo Malawi Mozambique |
Lemba people | |
3 | Nambya people | Q6961435 | ethnic group in northwestern Zimbabwe and northeastern Botswana | 294927123 | ethnic group | Zimbabwe | ||
4 | Northern Ndebele people | Q1211360 | ethnic group in southern Africa | 297866265 | ethnic group | Zimbabwe | Ndebele | |
5 | Shona people | Q642613 | Bantu ethnic group native to southern Africa | 294937331 | ethnic group | Zimbabwe Mozambique Botswana South Africa |
Shona people |
Misc
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