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

West African		Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African - Generic	Islam	English - (eng)	553,000
Akan, Twi	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Twi - (twi)	6,545
Beninese	Benin	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	French - (fra)	2,665
Balanta, Kentohe	Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic	Ethnic Religions	Balanta-Kentohe - (ble)	80
Comorian, Maore	Comoros	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Swahili	Islam	Maore Comorian - (swb)	60
Gambian	Gambia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke	Islam - Sunni	English - (eng)	595
Guinean	Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic	Christianity	French - (fra)	9,715
Kenyan	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African, generic	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	8,060
Mauritian	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Hinduism	Morisyen - (mfe)	6,695
Rundi	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Lakes	Christianity	Rundi - (run)	1,335
Senegalese	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic-Wolof		French - (fra)	6,335
Seychellois	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African		Seselwa Creole French - (crs)	1,035
Shona	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Shona		Shona - (sna)	2,100
Tanzanian	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African, generic		Sukuma - (suk)	4,065
Angolan	Angola	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	Portuguese - (por)	2,040
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
Bantu, Swahili	Burundi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Swahili	Islam	Swahili (individual language) - (swh)	85,400
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
Congolese, Lingala	Congo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity	Lingala - (lin)	41,065
Luba-Lulua	Congo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Luba	Christianity - Independent	Luba-Lulua - (lua)	5,800
Equatorial Guineans	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Fang (Equatorial Guinea) - (fan)	350
Gabonese	Gabon	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity - Roman Catholic	French - (fra)	1,530
Mandinka	Gambia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke	Islam	Mandinka - (mnk)	2,600
Ewe	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Ewe - (ewe)	2,100
Ghanaian	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	116,455
Ga	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Ga - (gaa)	1,800

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