Tribes/Ethnic groups in Africa

[9jagurl]

I did this because i have to do a presentation about it and i need help, seeing that there are alot of Africans here, it will be easier using you guys to do it. I only know tribes in Nigeria that's it .And also cause i'm interested to see how each tribe in African countries look like
Maybe this will help, it seems i confused alot of people.
"I need tribes name and a picture or 2 that will represent that specific tribe."
That's actually the main purpose of this topic. You can include where the tribes are located, their language, etc --- most likely i'll do that research by myself
I hope that clarify things.

Anyway, For Nigeria are

HAUSA





YORUBA



IGBO








CALABAR


EFIK/IBIBIO



FULANI/WOODABE






MANGA KANURI




anyway, hope you guys get involved with this.

[BUTEMBO21]

Well, intersting.....As for DRCongo, the 2 Congos are the same as Gabon, Gunnee Eq. , Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania and All Southern Africa are the same . well the language , dress code and personalities are the things that teel us aart. Not looks.

[BUTEMBO21]

If you know how Congolese look like then you don't have to worry.

[Samuel107]

I hope you are not using those pictures for your presentation... cos you can do much better- especially with the yoruba pic.

[The E.N.D]

Excuse my ignorance but I cant really distinguish any physical aspects from the above pics.In SA,we come in all shapes,shades and sizes really,the only way to decipher a person's ethnicity is the language they speak.I believe we share our geneology with our immediate neighbours (Bots,Nam,Zim etc) but going further up,one notices a change,more sharper features.

[owo9ja]

you were a bit off in the "calabar" efik/ibibio side since calabar is a city not an ethnic group/ also darego is from rivers and i think she is kalabari

[MBA-Congo]

Originally Posted by 9jagurl

I did this because i have to do a presentation about it and i need help, seeing that there are alot of Africans here, it will be easier using you guys to do it. I only know tribes in Nigeria that's it .And also cause i'm interested to see how each tribe in African countries look like
For example: In Nigerian, an igbo person look different from a Yoruba person.

Anyway, For Nigeria are

HAUSA




the girl at the man's left arm

YORUBA



IGBO








CALABAR


EFIK/IBIBIO



FULANI/WOODABE






MANGA KANURI




anyway, hope you guys get involved with this.

majority of west africans can pass for congolese even the fula those with no apparent mixture from the sahel of course.

[9jagurl]

Originally Posted by Samuel107

I hope you are not using those pictures for your presentation... cos you can do much better- especially with the yoruba pic.

there was another picture of Yoruba, it just didn't come up.

[9jagurl]

I know i'll talk about language, cultures, etc. I got all that down from wiki and some books but i need pictures from the individual in each tribes. For example: I got information about the Afar and Amhara tribe of ethiopia but i don't know anyone from that tribe that will represent each and for congo, i got informations about the Bakongo people of congo but i don't know anyone that will represent the group.
And i have information on Ashante/Ashanti of Ghana but i don't know anyone that can represent the group. it's a african course, according to the teacher we need to be creative with it. Hence the reason i'm here, cause i need ya'll to direct me to people from each tribes and also i need more tribes to research such as tribes in Congo, any East African country, any North African countries, etc

[9jagurl]

Originally Posted by The E.N.D

Excuse my ignorance but I cant really distinguish any physical aspects from the above pics.In SA,we come in all shapes,shades and sizes really,the only way to decipher a person's ethnicity is the language they speak.I believe we share our geneology with our immediate neighbours (Bots,Nam,Zim etc) but going further up,one notices a change,more sharper features.

I need tribes cause i don't know any tribes in South Africa except Zulu. I don't want to use them because we've talked about them alot, so i need other tribes.

[Xusein]

Somalia isn't like many other African countries, it's not diverse. It's overwhelmingly Ethnic Somali (90%+) and almost all Sunni/Sufi Muslim. There are "tribes", but not in the context of tribe=ethnicity. Tribes (or clan, or qabil) are family lineages. Their place in society has been overblown in the last few decades, and that's why we had our neverending war...

The southern part of the country is more diverse. There are small minorities of Bantus, Benadiris and Bravanese (both are mixed with Arabs), but not even there do they make a big % of the population. But in the northern areas, where I am from, there are almost literally NO minorities. There are probably lots of people who have never seen a non-Somali in their life, let alone someone of a different skin color in that country.

Well, here are some pics of Somalis...

















Somalis are also the majority population in Djibouti, and are present in large numbers in Ethiopia and Kenya.

Hope that helped, and if you need more, just ask.

[BUTEMBO21]

Originally Posted by The E.N.D

Excuse my ignorance but I cant really distinguish any physical aspects from the above pics.In SA,we come in all shapes,shades and sizes really,the only way to decipher a person's ethnicity is the language they speak.I believe we share our geneology with our immediate neighbours (Bots,Nam,Zim etc) but going further up,one notices a change,more sharper features.

Trust me Zimbabweans , Malawi , Zambia, DRC , Angola most of them look alike, including many SAs

[The E.N.D]

Three pics of Xhosa peeps in traditional attire : http://www.tvsa.co.za/blogimages/shu..._SAMARingo.jpg http://www.africafestival.org/mediapool/madosini.jpg http://www.stanford.edu/~jbaugh/saw/...y/XhosaBoy.JPG Use them,don't use them.

[MBA-Congo]

Ne-Congo
Luambo Makiadi (franco)



This is the only person in Congo I know and am certain he is because I read his autobio.

[The E.N.D]

Been to all those countries you mentioned BUTEMBO21 except yours and I still stand by my statement.

[BUTEMBO21]

Originally Posted by MBA-Congo

Ne-Congo
Luambo Makiadi (franco)



This is the only person in Congo I know and am certain he is because I read his autobio.

Franco is fron Bakongo.

[MBA-Congo]

tshala muana (luba-kasai)


Fally Ipupa (luba-Kasai)


Lokua Kanza (Mongo/Tutsi)


Awillo Longomba (Ne-Kongo)


Werrason (Not sure if his ne-Congo but his from kwilu so same people)


I could on but it's pointless.

[MBA-Congo]

Originally Posted by The E.N.D

Been to all those countries you mentioned BUTEMBO21 except yours and I still stand by my statement.

yeah those borders do alot in separating us Only difference in South Africa I think in general in comparison to the rest of the countries up north you guys got alot more light skinned people esp. Xhosa other than that people look generally the same. Size is also different, South African are a little bit bigger but Zuma and KumWanza are about the same size to much of that ugali or sadzi would do that to you.

[BUTEMBO21]

these girls are Nande, half of me.





That other Nande . During the inaugirtion of the major of Butembo City.





Congolese president J. Kabila who is fron Lubakatanga and his wife from Ne-KONGO or BaKongo.




This is JB Mpiana one of Congo music stars on the left with the little eletronic device is from LUBAKasai. the other ones i don't know wha tribes they're from.



This is Vital Karmerhe from th BASHI.

[BUTEMBO21]

The Congolese President J. Kabila from LubaKatanga with his Wife from Bakongo.