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Indigenous People

Highland East Cushitic languages

Highland East Cushitic, or Sidamic, is a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in south-central Ethiopia. They are often…

Saho people | Ethnic groups – Horn of Africa

The Saho (sometimes called Soho) are a Cushitic ethnic group from Eritrea, and they also inhabit some parts of Northern…

Afar people | Ethnic groups – Horn of Africa

The Afar (Afar: Qafár), also known as the Danakil, Adali and Odali, are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of…

Oromo people | Ethnic groups – Horn of Africa

The Oromo Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and Kenya…

Lowland East Cushitic languages

Lowland East Cushitic is a group of roughly two dozen diverse languages of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.…

Cushitic languages

The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa,…

Mongo Twa | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The 14,000 Twa (locally Cwa [tʃwa]) of the swamp forest north and west of Lake Tumba and between Tumba and…

Wochua people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Wochua (singular Achua) was the endonym of a pygmy people of the forests of the Democratic Republic of the…

Kango people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Kango (Bakango), also known as the Batchua and Mbuti-Sua, are an Mbuti pygmy people of the Ituri forest. They…

Efé people | Ethnic group of Center Africa

The Efé are a group of part-time hunter-gatherer people living in the Ituri Rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.…