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Africa's Ethnic Groups

Africa’s Ethnic Groups Research List

Africa

: http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/index.htm

Arab:

http://www.arab.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/middle_east/arabculture.html

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-45294/Arabia

http://www.lexicorient.com/e.o/arabs.htm

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9008139/Arab

http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/arabic/ (click the links at the bottom of this page for Arabic words)

Bedouin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin

http://www.geographia.com/egypt/sinai/bedouin.htm

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9014079/Bedouin

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/bedouins.htm

http://www.geographia.com/egypt/sinai/bedouin.htm

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/bedouins.htm

Ashanti

:

http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/ashanti.htm

http://www.ashanti.com.au/

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057534/Osei-Tutu

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009806/Asante-empire#671839.hook

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/africa/ashanti_culture.html

http://www.nathanielturner.com/ashantichronology.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter6.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi (Twi - language of the

Ashanti

)

http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Twi.htm (Twi - language of the

Ashanti

)

http://www.twi.bb/ (Twi - language of the

Ashanti

)

Khoikhoi:

http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/the_people/ethnic_khoi.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoikhoi

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0827555.html 

http://khoisan.org/ 

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/khoisan.htm 

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa-SAColonists1.htm

http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/khoisan.html

http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/the-broken-string/arrival-of-khoikhoi.htm

http://khoisan.org/social.htm (customs/traditions)

http://khoisan.org/religion.htm (religion)

http://ling.cornell.edu/khoisan/nama/nama_tale.htm (folktale in written in Khoisan/Nama language)

San / Bushman:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/history/khoisan.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Religion

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa-SAColonists1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen

http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/bushmen.htm

http://goafrica.about.com/library/bl.san.htm

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109812/Khoisan-languages

http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/khoisan.html

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Ibo:

http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/ibo.htm

http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Igbo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people

http://www.igboguide.org/

http://ilc.igbonet.com/ (click on the “lessons” on the bottom of this page for Igbo words)

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/igbo.htm (language)

Swahili: continued on next page

http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili_history.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/swahili/swahili_people_lo.html

http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=17&menu=004

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Tajikistan-to-Zimbabwe/Swahili.html

http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/september/swahili.html

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