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African Ethnic Groups (Public Content)
Ethnic Groups of Africa
Map Creator: United States Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Created: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Created: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).
Peoples, States and Cities in northern Africa ca. 1340 (Ehret)
Peoples, States and Cities in the Northern Half of Africa, ca. 1340
Map Creator:
Christopher Ehret
Source: Ehret, Christopher. 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the important groups and their locations in northern Africa circa 1340. Around this time, Islamic expansion was well underway and a very important aspect of culture in the Songay and Mali empires. The extension of Muslim communities stimulated trade and encouraged further growth.
Source: Ehret, Christopher. 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the important groups and their locations in northern Africa circa 1340. Around this time, Islamic expansion was well underway and a very important aspect of culture in the Songay and Mali empires. The extension of Muslim communities stimulated trade and encouraged further growth.
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Some Common Languages in West Africa (Sahel and West Africa Club)
Some Common Languages in West Africa
Map Creators:
Sahel and West Africa Club
Source: The Web Atlas on Regional Integration in West Africa. Economic Community Of West Africa States-Sahel and West Africa Club. 2006.
Date Created: 2006
Map Description:
Shown here are several of the most common languages found in West Africa and Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) member countries. Most languages are spoken in only one country, but those shown here are those with greater regional scope and populations. All those shown except Gbe are considered lingua franca (ECOWAS-SWAC).
Source: The Web Atlas on Regional Integration in West Africa. Economic Community Of West Africa States-Sahel and West Africa Club. 2006.
Date Created: 2006
Map Description:
Shown here are several of the most common languages found in West Africa and Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) member countries. Most languages are spoken in only one country, but those shown here are those with greater regional scope and populations. All those shown except Gbe are considered lingua franca (ECOWAS-SWAC).
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The Migrations and Emirates of Fulbe (Newman)
The Migrations and Emirates of Fulbe
Map Creator:
James L. Newman
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 53.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
This map displays the origin areas of the Fulbe people (Fulfulde speakers) and the migration paths they took. Also pictured are important cities of the times and the large civilizations which were influenced by the Fulbe group. Newman states that the original impetus for migration may have been the increasingly powerful, Islamacized Takrur. He also discusses their culture and how their movement affected government systems and other sedentary peoples (Newman 1995: 51-54).
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 53.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
This map displays the origin areas of the Fulbe people (Fulfulde speakers) and the migration paths they took. Also pictured are important cities of the times and the large civilizations which were influenced by the Fulbe group. Newman states that the original impetus for migration may have been the increasingly powerful, Islamacized Takrur. He also discusses their culture and how their movement affected government systems and other sedentary peoples (Newman 1995: 51-54).
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