ARAB: located in Northern Africa, migrated from Southwest Asia in the late 600s, when the first Muslim armies arrived in Egypt, the gold and salt trade spread the culture beyond the Sahara into the Sahel region and beyond, most are Muslims & practice Sunni Islam, Arabic is the language of this ethnic group, , armies, traders, and scholars from this ethnic group spread across northern Africa all the way to Morocco, BANTU: located in Central and Southern Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa), this ethnic group makes up two-thirds of Africa’s population, the name of this ethnic group means “the people”, archaeologists have found signs of this ethnic group’s existence that date back to 50,000 BCE, the migration of people in this ethnic group was one of the largest movements of people in Africa’s history, many people in this ethnic group practice Islam, and several others practice Christianity, over 650 different dialects & languages exist in this ethnic group, close to 70 million people across the southern half of Africa speak languages based off this ethnic group & share some parts of this ethnic group’s culture, , ASHANTI: located in West Africa, mainly found in Ghana and Ivory Coast, its kingdom began in 1701 at a clan meeting, the Golden Stool is the symbol of this ethnic group’s kingdom, this ethnic group’s total population is over 7 million, the people in this ethnic group believe in a supreme god & animism—plants, animals, & trees have souls, this ethnic group’s major dialect is Asante (Twi), , this ethnic group’s religion is a mixture of supernatural & animist powers, SWAHILI: located in Eastern Africa along a narrow strip of land, mainly found in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, the total population of this ethnic group is about 1,328,000, this ethnic group developed along the coast of East Africa when Arab traders began to settle there & blended with the local African people, this ethnic group’s name comes from the Arabic word that means “one who lives on the coast”, the majority of people are Muslim, and Islam has been one of the factors that helped create a common identity for this diverse group, this ethnic group’s native tongue is Swahili, this ethnic group’s language consists of a blend of Arabic and Bantu, ,

Africa's Ethnic Groups Sort

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