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Displaying 31-60 of 83 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth IMB Affinity Group Affinity Bloc People Cluster Primary Religion Language Total Population
MandinkaGambiaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanMalinkeIslamMandinka - (mnk)2,600
ManinkaGuineaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanMalinkeIslamEastern Maninkakan - (emk)5,300
MoruSouth SudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanSudanicEthnic ReligionsMoru - (mgd)6,600
Burkinabe, MossiBurkino FasoSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanGurIslamMossi - (mos)2,480
MozambicanMozambiqueSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, Makua-YaoChristianity - Roman CatholicPortuguese - (por)4,800
NamibianNamibiaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanOther Sub-Saharan AfricanEthnic ReligionsEnglish - (eng)1,450
NigerianNigeriaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanHausaChristianity - ProtestantEnglish - (eng)242,205
NiloticKenyaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNiloticChristianity - ProtestantLuo (Kenya and Tanzania) - (luo)4,300
NubianSudanNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNubianIslam - SunniSudanese Arabic - (apd)4,300
NuerSouth SudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNiloticEthnic ReligionsNuer - (nus)27,500
PidginNigeriaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanOther Sub-Saharan AfricanChristianityNigerian Pidgin - (pcm)2,800
RwandanRwandaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, Central-Lakes Kinyarwanda - (kin)11,000
ShillukSouth SudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNiloticEthnic ReligionsShilluk - (shk)14,900
SoninkeMaliSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanSoninkeIslamSoninke - (snk)5,300
South AfricanSouth AfricaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanOther Sub-Saharan African English - (eng)87,500
SwaziSouth AfricaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, NguniChristianity - Other / MarginalSwati - (ssw)550
TogoleseTogoSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanGuinean Ewe - (ewe)6,315
UdukSudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNiloticIslamUduk - (udu)375
UgandanUgandaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, Makua-Yao Ganda - (lug)12,535
Senegalese WolofSenegalSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanAtlantic-Wolof Wolof - (wol)64,200
YorubaNigeriaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanYoruba Yoruba - (yor)26,340
ZambianZambiaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, Central-South English - (eng)8,325
ZimbabweanZimbabweSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, ShonaChristianityEnglish - (eng)18,925
ZaghawaSudanNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanKanuri-SaharanIslamZaghawa - (zag)250
Dinka South SudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNiloticChristianitySouth Central Dinka - (dib)4,815
FurSudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanOuaddai-FurIslamFur - (fvr)310
KikuyuKenyaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, Gikuyu-KambaChristianity - ProtestantKikuyu - (kik)550
Embu-MbeereKenyaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanBantu, Gikuyu-KambaChristianity - Roman CatholicEmbu - (ebu)1,100
MadiSouth SudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanSudanicEthnic ReligionsMa'di - (mhi)1,100
AcholiSouth SudanSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNiloticEthnic ReligionsAcoli - (ach)2,300

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