THE FULANI COMMUNITY The Fulani are a culturally diverse and widely dispersed group across the continent West to East in a band just South of the Sahara desert. Population: 20 million Location and Background: The Fulani are widely dispersed with large populations in Nigeria, Guinea, and Senegal. They are also found in Gambia, Cameroon, Niger, …
THE SARA COMMNITY The Sara people are a Central sudanic ethnic group native to southern Chad. the northwestern areas of the Central African Republic, and the southern border of North Sudan. They speak the Sara languages which are a part of the Central Sudanic language family. They are also the largest ethnic group in Chad. …
THE XHOSA OF SOUTH AFRICA Who are the Xhosa people The Xhosa, also often called the “Red Blanket People”, are of Nguni descent, like the Zulu. The name Xhosa is a generalised term for a diversity of proud clans, the Pondo, Bomvana, Thembu and the Xhosa tribe itself. Red and the orange of ochre were …
THE AFRICAN BERBERS The Berbers, or Berber, has a number of meanings, including a language, a culture, a location, and a group of people: most prominently it is the collective term used for dozens of tribes of pastoralists, indigenous people who herd sheep and goats and live in northwest Africa today. Despite this simple description, Berber …
THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OF THE YORUBA COMMUNITY Yoruba Religion The monumental work of Idowa on Yoruba religion has continued to be a major reference work.15 Again, satisfactory groundwork has been done by many other scholars of anthropology, sociology, theology, philosophy, history, comparative religion and others. In this circumstance, it is not always necessary to reinvent …
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THE POLITICAL ORGAANISATION OF THE ZULU Zulu Political Units The political organization of the Zulu was built like a pyramid. At the base of the structure were the individual households ‘imizi’, which comprised the smallest political units in the government of the nation. Each umuzi was under the control of the umnumzane ‘household head’, who …
NOTIONS OF MODESTY IN THE AFRICAN CULTURE African clothing is the traditional clothing worn by the people of Africa. In some instances, these traditional garments have been replaced by western clothing introduced to Africans by European colonialists. (Britain) The evolution of African clothing is difficult to trace because of the lack of historical evidence. Although …
COMMUNICATION STYLES IN THE AFRICAN CULTURE The communication of ideas in and from Africa is characterized by enormous changes over time and variations among societies. Historically, as might be expected for such a large and ancient continent—the second largest in the world and the one where humanity originated—African societies have exhibited high levels of cultural …
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEATH According to Eyetsemitan, the traditional African belief system is also referred to as ancestor worship and is based on an understanding that the life course is cyclical and not linear. Based on this system of belief, those who are dead are alive in a different world and can reincarnate (and …
Africans are among the most likely in the world to believe people in their countries can get ahead by working hard. The 85% of Africans who said they believed this in 2013 rivals results found in more developed nations, and is on par with the 84% who believe this in Northern America. This faith in …
