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

Mandinka	Gambia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke	Islam	Mandinka - (mnk)	2,600
Maninka	Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke	Islam	Eastern Maninkakan - (emk)	5,300
Moru	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sudanic	Ethnic Religions	Moru - (mgd)	6,600
Burkinabe, Mossi	Burkino Faso	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Gur	Islam	Mossi - (mos)	2,480
Mozambican	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Makua-Yao	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Portuguese - (por)	4,800
Namibian	Namibia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	English - (eng)	1,450
Nigerian	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Hausa	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	242,205
Nilotic	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity - Protestant	Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) - (luo)	4,300
Nubian	Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nubian	Islam - Sunni	Sudanese Arabic - (apd)	4,300
Nuer	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Nuer - (nus)	27,500
Pidgin	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity	Nigerian Pidgin - (pcm)	2,800
Rwandan	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Lakes		Kinyarwanda - (kin)	11,000
Shilluk	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Shilluk - (shk)	14,900
Soninke	Mali	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Soninke	Islam	Soninke - (snk)	5,300
South African	South Africa	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African		English - (eng)	87,500
Swazi	South Africa	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Nguni	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Swati - (ssw)	550
Togolese	Togo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean		Ewe - (ewe)	6,315
Uduk	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Islam	Uduk - (udu)	375
Ugandan	Uganda	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Makua-Yao		Ganda - (lug)	12,535
Senegalese Wolof	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic-Wolof		Wolof - (wol)	64,200
Yoruba	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Yoruba		Yoruba - (yor)	26,340
Zambian	Zambia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-South		English - (eng)	8,325
Zimbabwean	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Shona	Christianity	English - (eng)	18,925
Zaghawa	Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Kanuri-Saharan	Islam	Zaghawa - (zag)	250
Dinka	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity	South Central Dinka - (dib)	4,815
Fur	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Ouaddai-Fur	Islam	Fur - (fvr)	310
Kikuyu	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	Christianity - Protestant	Kikuyu - (kik)	550
Embu-Mbeere	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Embu - (ebu)	1,100
Madi	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sudanic	Ethnic Religions	Ma'di - (mhi)	1,100
Acholi	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Acoli - (ach)	2,300

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