Ethnic Groups - KEY Africa’s Ethnic Group Location Ancestry Religion Language Arab Northern Africa Migrated from Mostly Muslim Arabic Southwest Asia; trading gold and salt in camel caravans Ashanti Ghana & Ivory Coast Kingdom began in 1701 Traditional African Asante (Twi) (West Africa) when Golden Stool religions – belief in united clans supreme god, natural spirits (animism), and Golden Stool as the source of the peoples’ power -Some Christianity & Muslim Bantu Central & Southern Migrated from south of Some Muslim, some Bantu family of Africa Sahara 2,000 years ago Christian, some animist languages (over 650) Swahili Eastern Africa (Kenya, Arab traders from Muslim, plus some local Swahili – blend of Arabic Tanzania, Mozambique) Southwest Asia blended traditional African beliefs and Bantu with local African people
Africa’s Ethnic Groups - KEY Ethnic Group Location Ancestry Religion Language Arab Northern Africa Migrated from Southwest Asia; trading gold and salt in camel caravans Mostly Muslim Arabic Ashanti Ghana & Ivory Coast (West Africa) Kingdom began in 1701 when Golden Stool united clans Traditional African religions – belief in supreme god, natural spirits (animism), and Golden Stool as the source of the peoples’ power -Some Christianity & Muslim Asante (Twi) Bantu Central & Southern Africa Migrated from south of Sahara 2,000 years ago Some Muslim, some Christian, some animist Bantu family of languages (over 650) Swahili Eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique) Arab traders from Southwest Asia blended with local African people Muslim, plus some local traditional African beliefs Swahili – blend of Arabic and Bantu
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