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Ethnic Groups of Africa

Ethnic Groups of Africa. Arabs. Mainly Speak Arab They live in North Africa 2 Groups: Bedouins and settled Arabs. Bedouins. Mainly Sunni Muslim Called “desert dwellers” Arabic speaking pastorial nomads Associated with camel herding, tending sheep, goats, or cattle

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Ethnic Groups of Africa

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  1. Ethnic Groups of Africa

  2. Arabs Mainly Speak Arab They live in North Africa 2 Groups: Bedouins and settled Arabs

  3. Bedouins • Mainly Sunni Muslim • Called “desert dwellers” • Arabic speaking pastorial nomads • Associated with camel herding, tending sheep, goats, or cattle • Organized in small to large groups • Some groups can migrate annually as far as 1,000 miles

  4. In recent years, the economic life in the Arab countries have caused the Beoduins to live a more settled lifestyle

  5. Bantu • A group of 60 million Africans who speak the Bantu language • This large ethnic group is very diverse in terms of religious beliefs, government structures, societies, and cultures • Mainly found in Southern Africa • The Bantu ruled many of the great kingdoms of Southern Africa and absorbed other cultures in the area • Bantu-speaking people can be found in Rwanda, Angola, Burundi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, among other nations in the Southern part of Africa.

  6. In the 1920’s whites in South Africa started using the term “Bantu” and it became racially offensive because it was associated with apartheid • Bantu refers to the African people of shared ethnicity who descended from the Bantu migrants who rapidly spread across South Africa around 5,000 years ago, and to those Africans who speak languages in the Bantu family.

  7. Swahili • Originated on the East African coast and intermarried with the Bantu who were already there • Arab, Hindi, Portuguese, and Indonesian traders migrated to this coast as well and this culture became the Swahili • Today, the Swahili people reside in most of the coastal towns in Kenya and Tanzania, including Mombasa, the Indian Ocean islands of Lamu, Pemba and Zanzibar

  8. Islamic traditions govern almost every cultural aspect of the Swahili tribe including food, way of dressing, and social ceremonies • Swahili marriages are usually arranged by parents and the weddings last several days and involve elaborate preparations, ceremonies and activities.

  9. Men’s attire: a long robe known as a kanzu and a small white rounded hat with elaborate embroidery. • Women’s attire long black dresses, buibui, and cover their heads with a black cloth, hijabu and a veil

  10. Ashanti • Live mostly in villages and small towns • The Golden Stool is Ashanti legend and represents worship of ancestors, well-being, & the Ashanti nation • Rural people growing subsistence crops • Cocoa is the chief cash crop • Family membership and inheritance is determined by matrilineal descent

  11. Famous today for craft work especially stools, kente cloth, and dolls • Government is shaped like a pyramid • Religion is a mix of spiritual and supernatural powers – believe that plants & animals have souls • During British colonialism, the Ashanti were allowed to maintain their identity

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