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

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
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
Dinka	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity	South Central Dinka - (dib)	4,815
Pidgin	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity	Nigerian Pidgin - (pcm)	2,800
Congolese, Lingala	Congo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Congo	Christianity	Lingala - (lin)	41,065
Efik	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Benue	Christianity	Efik - (efi)	6,500
South African	South Africa	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African		English - (eng)	87,500
Togolese	Togo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean		Ewe - (ewe)	6,315
Igbo	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Igbo	Christianity	Igbo - (ibo)	224,795
Shona	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Shona		Shona - (sna)	2,100
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
Luba-Lulua	Congo	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Luba	Christianity - Independent	Luba-Lulua - (lua)	5,800
Botswanan, Tswana	Botswana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Independent	Tswana - (tsn)	2,100
Azande	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sudanic	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Zande (individual language) - (zne)	13,500
Ejagham	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Benue	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Ejagham - (etu)	2,500
Edo	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Bini - (bin)	2,200
Swazi	South Africa	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Nguni	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Swati - (ssw)	550
Seychellois	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African		Seselwa Creole French - (crs)	1,035
Liberian	Liberia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	72,733
Malawian	Malawi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African - Generic	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	2,350
Kikuyu	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	Christianity - Protestant	Kikuyu - (kik)	550

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