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Displaying 1-30 of 83 results.

PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	People Cluster	Primary Religion	Language	Total Population

Acholi	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Acoli - (ach)	2,300
Akan, Twi	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Twi - (twi)	6,545
Angolan	Angola	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	Portuguese - (por)	2,040
Anuak	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Anuak - (anu)	3,900
Azande	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sudanic	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Zande (individual language) - (zne)	13,500
Balanta, Kentohe	Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic	Ethnic Religions	Balanta-Kentohe - (ble)	80
Bambara	Mali	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke-Bambara	Islam	Bambara - (bam)	5,300
Bantu, Swahili	Burundi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Swahili	Islam	Swahili (individual language) - (swh)	85,400
Bari	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity - Protestant	Bari - (bfa)	4,000
Basotho	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Sotho-Tswana	Christianity - Protestant	Southern Sotho - (sot)	275
Beninese	Benin	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	French - (fra)	2,665
Botswanan, Tswana	Botswana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Independent	Tswana - (tsn)	2,100
Burkinabe, Mossi	Burkino Faso	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Gur	Islam	Mossi - (mos)	2,480
Burundi	Burundi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Lakes	Christianity - Roman Catholic	French - (fra)	17,295
Caboverdian Mestico	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Kabuverdianu - (kea)	45,250
Central Africans	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Adamawa-Ubangi	Christianity - Protestant	French - (fra)	250
Chadian	Chad	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Chadic	Islam	French - (fra)	6,270
Comorian, Maore	Comoros	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Swahili	Islam	Maore Comorian - (swb)	60
Congolese, Lingala	Congo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity	Lingala - (lin)	41,065
Dinka	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity	South Central Dinka - (dib)	4,815
Edo	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Bini - (bin)	2,200
Efik	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Benue	Christianity	Efik - (efi)	6,500
Ejagham	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Benue	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Ejagham - (etu)	2,500
Embu-Mbeere	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Embu - (ebu)	1,100
Equatorial Guineans	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Fang (Equatorial Guinea) - (fan)	350
Ewe	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Ewe - (ewe)	2,100
Fouta Tooro	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Fulani / Fulbe	Islam	Pulaar - (fuc)	12,500
Fulani	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Fulani / Fulbe	Islam	Adamawa Fulfulde - (fub)	16,870
Fulbe Futa	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Fulani / Fulbe	Islam	Pular - (fuf)	8,900
Fur	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Ouaddai-Fur	Islam	Fur - (fvr)	310

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