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11/01/2024

The Bemba people are also known as the Babemba or Awemba people. They are an ancient people whose culture has slowly evolved with the changes in modern society. While the Bemba are traditionally an agricultural society centered in small villages, members of the Bemba people can be found all around the country of Zambia as tribe members have migrated to mines and cities for work.

31/12/2023

As the European calendar that was fed down our throats is about to come to an end, which African country did you get to visit this year?

24/12/2023

Chewa, bantu-speaking people living in the extreme eastern zone of Zambia, northwestern Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique. They share many cultural features with their Bemba kinsmen to the west. Their language, Chewa, is also called Chichewa, Nyanja or Chinyanja and is important in Malawi.

24/11/2023

Lozi people or Barotse, are a southern African Bantu speaking ethnic group who speak Lozi or Silozi a Sotho-Tswana language. The Lozi people consist of more than 46 different ethnic groups and are primarily situated in western Zambia, inhabiting the region of Barotseland.

08/11/2023

What does a snake represent in your culture❓

18/10/2023

Tharaka people live on the Eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya. The community occupies two districts namely Tharaka South and North. They are about 140,000 people, living in Tharaka region and about 10% of them live in towns while the rest live in the villages where the life is considered better. Tharaka people belong to Ameru ethnic group and speak a Bantu language called Kitharaka, a sub dialect of Meru.

18/10/2023

The Tsonga tribe have been living in Mozambique for centuries and when the Portuguese first made land fall on what would become Mozambique their settlements stretched from the Lebombo Mountains to the Coast. In the 17th and 18th century their land was conquered by Nguni tribes who were fleeing the violent campaigns of Shaka Zulu in KwaZulu-Natal.

02/10/2023

The Shangaan tribe is the main group that settled in Mozambique. They enslaved the Tsonga and many of them fled into the northern regions of Mozambique, parts of Zimbabwe and in Limpopo Province in South Africa. Those who stayed fell under the control of the new Shangaan Gaza Kingdom. The kingdom stretched between the Zambezi River and Delgoa Bay.

08/07/2023

The Swazi people, part of the Nguni tribe, originated from east-central Africa in the late 15th century. While modernisation has happened over the years, tradition is still highly revered by the Swazis and their leader, King Mswati III of Swaziland, is one of Africa's few remaining absolute monarchs.

30/06/2023

Himba women in Namibia 🇳🇦

22/06/2023

The Ka'el Festival in Ethiopia is a plump festival where Ethiopian men from the me'en ethnic group compete to be the fattest in the village.

14/06/2023

Zulu people refer to themselves as 'the people of the heavens' and they are the largest ethnic group of South Africa, with an estimated 10 million Zulu residents in KwaZulu-Natal. isiZulu is the language of the Zulu people and about 10 million residents are fluent in the language. In the 19th century they merged into a great kingdom under the leadership of Shaka.

08/06/2023

The Ashanti, they are a major ethnic group of the Akans (Ashanti and Fanti) in central Ghana, they are famously known for their religion which is a mixture of spiritual and supernatural powers. They believe that plants, animals, and trees have souls. They also believe in fairies, witches, and forest monsters. There are a variety of religious beliefs involving ancestors, higher gods, or abosom, and 'Nyame', the Supreme Being of Ashanti. The Ashanti also practice many ceremonies for marriage, death, puberty, and birth.

25/05/2023

Happy Africa Day 🌍

What exactly do you like and dislike about Africa, let's talk.

21/05/2023

The Xhosa people are the second largest cultural group in South Africa, after the Zulu-speaking nation. The Xhosa language (Isixhosa), of which there are variations, is part of the Nguni language group. Xhosa is one of the 11 official languages recognized by the South African Constitution, and in 2006 it was determined that just over 7 million South Africans speak Xhosa as a home language.

15/05/2023

Igqirha, as it is known amongst Xhosa people, also known as a traditional healer or seer 🌖

10/05/2023

The Basotho, also known as Sotho speakers, are said to have originated from the north of Southern Africa. The Basotho made their way down as various tribes settled in different parts of the country. Some groups settled in the west, while others settled in the east and further south. Today these diverse groups are respectively known as the Batswana, BaPedi and Basotho tribes.

01/05/2023

The Ndebele Warriors also known as Amasokane 🤺

01/05/2023

Ndebele, also called Transvaal Ndebele, they are one of the several Bantu-speaking African people who live primarily in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces in South Africa. The Ndebele are ancient offshoots of the main Nguni-speaking peoples and began migrations to the Transvaal region in the 17th century.

30/04/2023

Venda, also called Bavenda, a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the region of the Republic of South Africa known from 1979 to 1994 as the Republic of Venda. The area is now part of Limpopo province, and is situated in the extreme northeastern corner of South Africa, bordering on southern Zimbabwe. The Venda have been called a “composite people” because they have historically consisted of a multiplicity of culturally different groups. Apparently the Venda have become more culturally uniform since they settled in their present location after migrating through Zimbabwe from an area farther to the northwest, and almost all now speak the Venda language.

05/04/2023

First Equatorial Guinea Bodypainting Festival held in the year of 2019 🎭

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04/04/2023

The Wodaabe or Bororo are a small subgroup of the Fulani ethnic group. They are traditionally nomadic cattle-herders and traders in the Sahel, with migrations stretching from southern Niger, through northern Nigeria, northeastern Cameroon, southwestern Chad and the western region of the Central African Republic. They are known for their beauty (both men and women), elaborate attire and rich cultural ceremonies.

03/04/2023

Hausa, people found chiefly in northwestern Nigeria and adjacent southern Niger. They constitute the largest ethnic group in the area, which also contains another large group, the Fulani, perhaps one-half of whom are settled among the Hausa as a ruling class, having adopted the Hausa language and culture. The language belongs to the Chadic group of the Afro-Asiatic (formerly Hamito-Semitic) family and is infused with many Arabic words as a result of Islāmic influence.

23/03/2023

The Maasai or Masai tribe are an indigenous ethnic group in Africa of semi-nomadic people settled in Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Maasai community are internationally known for their distinctive culture, rituals, 'high jumping dance', custom dress and being courageous warriors.

16/03/2023

The Igbo tribe, also known as Ibo, are indigenous to the southeastern part of Nigeria are an ethnic group well-known for their enterprising, independent and adventurous nature. Natively referred to as Ndi Igbo, the tribe is popular for its variety of food, dance, music, musical instruments, festival and culture. With “Igbo” being their principal native language, the society boasts of about 45 million speakers and over 20 dialects. Igbo people are creative and talented as shown in both traditional and modern music.

11/03/2023

Burkina Faso's Festival of Masks 🎭

11/03/2023

A Yoruba King and his messenger boys in 1950s

10/03/2023

The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by the Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 52 million people in Africa, are over a million outside the continent, and bear further representation among members of the African diaspora.

04/03/2023

The Jie people live in the arid flat lowlands of the South East corner of South Sudan in Eastern Equatoria State. They are agri-pastoralists- they grow sorghum and raise cattle, sheep, and goats. They are very closely related to the Toposa of South Sudan and speak the same language. They are also related to the Karamojong of Uganda, Nyang’atom of Ethiopia, and the Turkana of Kenya. Their homeland is bordered by the Toposa to the South and East, the Ngipeta to the North, and the Nginyoro to the West. They have conflict with all these neighbors.

18/02/2023

The Mursi Tribe are found in the far southwest corner of Ethiopia, just north of the Kenyan border in the valley of the River Omo. The Mursi Tribe, of which there are less than 10,000, are well known for the large plates the women wear in their lower lip.
The custom of wearing a lip plate is linked to the female’s fertility and eligibility for marriage. When a Mursi girl reaches puberty (around age 15 to 16) she will have her lip cut by a female member of the tribe and a small wooden stick is inserted.

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