2017-07-27T17:29:08+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Afar people, Beja people, Sanhaja, Himba people, Samburu people, Nama people, Aka people, Khoisan, San people, Ababda people, Zaghawa people, Wodaabe, Sahrawi people, Soninke people, Masalit people, Jakhanke people, Bisharin tribe, Vezo people flashcards
African nomads

African nomads

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  • Afar people
    The Afar (Afar: Qafár), also known as the Danakil and Adal, are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa.
  • Beja people
    The Beja people (Arabic: البجا‎‎) are an ethnic group inhabiting Sudan, as well as parts of Eritrea, Egypt, and the Eastern Desert.
  • Sanhaja
    The Sanhaja (Berber: Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen; Arabic: صنهاجة‎‎, Ṣanhājah) were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zanata and Masmuda confederations.
  • Himba people
    The Himba (singular: OmuHimba, plural: OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples with an estimated population of about 50,000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola.
  • Samburu people
    The Samburu are a Nilotic people of north-central Kenya that are related to but distinct from the Maasai.
  • Nama people
    Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
  • Aka people
    The Aka or Bayaka (also BiAka, Babenzele) are a nomadic Mbenga pygmy people.
  • Khoisan
    "Khoisan" (/ˈkɔɪsɑːn/; also spelled Khoesaan, Khoesan or Khoe–San) is a unifying name for two groups of peoples of Southern Africa, who share physical and putative linguistic characteristics distinct from the Bantu majority of the region.
  • San people
    The San people (or Saan), also known as Bushmen or Basarwa, are members of various indigenous hunter-gatherer people of Southern Africa, whose territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa.
  • Ababda people
    The Ababda or Ababde – the Gebadei of Pliny, and possibly the Troglodytes of other classical writers – are nomads living in the area between the Nile and the Red Sea, in the vicinity of Aswan in Egypt and north Sudan.
  • Zaghawa people
    The Beri or Zaghawa (also spelled Zakhawa) are an ethnic group of eastern Chad and western Sudan, including Darfur.
  • Wodaabe
    The Wodaabe (Fula: Woɗaaɓe) or Bororo are a small subgroup of the Fulani ethnic group.
  • Sahrawi people
    The Sahrawi people (Arabic: صحراويون‎‎ ṣaḥrāwīyūn; Berber: ⵉⵙⴻⵃⵔⴰⵡⵉⵢⴻⵏ Iseḥrawiyen; Moroccan Arabic: صحراوة Ṣeḥrawa; Spanish: Saharaui) are the people living in the western part of the Sahara desert which includes Western Sahara (claimed by the Polisario and mostly controlled by Morocco), other parts of southern Morocco not claimed by the Polisario, most of Mauritania, and the extreme southwest of Algeria.
  • Soninke people
    The Soninke (also called Sarakole, Seraculeh, or Serahuli) are a Mandé people who descend from the Bafour and are closely related to the Imraguen of Mauritania.
  • Masalit people
    The Masalit (Masalit: masara; Arabic: ماساليت‎‎) are an ethnic group inhabiting western Sudan and eastern Chad.
  • Jakhanke people
    The Jakhanke people (var. Diakhanké, Diakanké, or Diakhankesare) are a Manding-speaking ethnic group in the Senegambia region, often classified as a subgroup of the larger Soninke.
  • Bisharin tribe
    The Bisharin are an ethnic group inhabiting Northeast Africa.
  • Vezo people
    The Vezo is the term the semi-nomadic coastal people of southern Madagascar use to refer to people that have become accustomed to live from sea fishing.