African people
Continent's diverse populations
African people are the indigenous inhabitants of Africa and their descendants worldwide.
The term encompasses enormous diversity—over fifty nations, thousands of ethnic groups, and hundreds of languages.
In American usage, African people often appears in contexts emphasizing connection to the continent, distinguishing from terms like African American that specify diaspora populations.
The exhibition celebrated the artistic traditions of African peoples.
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
- YorubaNigerian people and language
- SwahiliBantu language of East Africa
- IgboNigerian people and language
tribal elders · rites of passage · Pan-Africanism · ancestral homeland · kente cloth · drum circle · Maghreb · Fulani · Maasai · Nubia · Ancient Egypt · Amharic · Nile Valley · Berber · freedom struggle · Somali · Shona · Sahara
African peopleAsian people
Inhabitants of Asia
Europeans · Native Americans · Asians · Pacific Islanders · Australians
African peoplecolonial powers
Nations that colonized others
white settlers · slavers · colonial administrators · European settlers
African peopleAfrican diaspora
Global spread from one continent
African Americans · Afro-Caribbeans · Afro-Brazilians · Black Americans
African, Africa, Africans, Africanization, people, peoples, peopled, peopling