West Africans

Ghana, Senegal natives

West Africans are people from the western region of Africa, encompassing countries along the Atlantic coast and inland areas from Senegal to Nigeria.

The term covers diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultures united by geography rather than homogeneity: West Africans have contributed enormously to American music.

It functions as both a demographic label and a cultural identifier.

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oral literature · talking drums · kente cloth · shea butter · palm oil · kola nut · Mali · trans-Saharan trade · Igbo · ewe · Ashanti · Bight of Benin · Yoruba · highlife · djembe · jollof rice · griot · Ghana

Opposites
african regional identity

West AfricansNorth Africans

Sahara region inhabitants

South Africans · Malagasy · Ethiopians · Kenyans · Tanzanians

global geographic origin

West AfricansEast Asians

People from China's region

Europeans · Southeast Asians · Pacific Islanders · Australians · Scandinavians

Family

West, African, Africans, Africa, west, western, westerly, westward, westernmost

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G