West Africans

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West Africans are the diverse peoples originating from the western region of the African continent, encompassing numerous ethnic groups, languages, and cultures that have significantly influenced global history and the African diaspora.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
West Africans canonical 3
West African 2
West African peoples 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (147)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group collection
regional population
continent Africa
hasArtForm beadwork
bronze casting
calabash decoration
textile weaving
wood carving
hasCountryOfOrigin Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde

Chad
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
The Gambia
Togo
hasCuisine attieke
banku
egusi soup
fufu
groundnut stew
jollof rice
suya
waakye
hasCulturalPractice age-grade systems
extended family structures
griot oral tradition
kente weaving
mask making
praise singing
talking drum music
hasDance azonto
bata dance
shaku shaku
hasDiaspora Black Americans
surface form: African Americans

Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Caribbean people
surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Latin Americans
surface form: Afro-Latinos

Black British people
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
artisanal mining
fishing
pastoralism
trade
hasHistoricalEmpire Ashanti Empire
Ghana Empire
Kanem Empire
surface form: Kanem–Bornu Empire

Mali Empire
Oyo Empire
Songhai Empire
hasHistoricalRole contributors to the African diaspora
participants in trans-Saharan trade
victims of the transatlantic slave trade
hasHistoricalState Imamate of Futa Jallon
surface form: Futa Jallon Imamate

Futa Toro Imamate
Kingdom of Benin
Kingdom of Dahomey
Jolof Kingdoms
surface form: Wolof Kingdom of Jolof
hasLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Niger–Congo languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
hasMusicGenre Afrobeat
Afrobeats
highlife
juju music
mbalax
palm-wine music
hasSubgroup Akan diaspora
Akan people
Ashanti people
Bambara people
Bassa people
Gurma people
surface form: Bissa people

Bobo people
Dagomba people
Dogon
surface form: Dogon people

Ewe
surface form: Ewe people

Fante people
Fulani
surface form: Fula people

Fulani
surface form: Fulani people

Ga-Adangbe peoples
surface form: Ga-Adangbe people

Gurunsi peoples
Hausa diaspora
Hausa people
Ibibio people
Igbo people
Jola people
Kanuri people
Kpelle people
Kru people
surface form: Kru peoples

Mandinka people
Mende people
Mossi people
Nupe people
Senufo people
Serer people
Songhai people
Soninke people
Temne people
Tiv people
Tuareg
surface form: Tuareg people

Wolof people
Yoruba people
surface form: Yoruba diaspora

Yoruba people
influencedCulture American Southern culture
Brazilian culture
Caribbean culture
Caribbean religions
Latin American music
influencedReligion Candomblé
Obeah
Santería
Shango
surface form: Shango cult

Haitian Vodou
surface form: Vodou
locatedIn West Africa
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
partOf African peoples
region West Africa
surface form: western Africa
speaksLanguage Akan language
Arabic
surface form: Arabic language

Bambara
surface form: Bambara language

Dagbani language
English
surface form: English language

Ewe
surface form: Ewe language

French
surface form: French language

Fula language
Ga language
Hausa
surface form: Hausa language

Igbo
surface form: Igbo language

Krio language
Mandinka language
Portuguese language
Songhay languages
surface form: Songhai languages

Twi language
Wolof
surface form: Wolof language

Yoruba
surface form: Yoruba language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Latin Americans hasAncestry West Africans
Afro-Bahamians primaryAncestry West Africans
this entity surface form: West African peoples
Afro-Surinamese ethnicOrigin West Africans
this entity surface form: West African
Afro-Grenadians ethnicOrigin West Africans
Afro-Guadeloupeans ethnicOrigin West Africans
this entity surface form: West African peoples
African-American culture hasHistoricalRoot West Africans
this entity surface form: West African cultures
Haitians ethnicOrigin West Africans
this entity surface form: African
Cape Verdean American culturalHeritage West Africans
this entity surface form: West African
Afro-Bonaireans hasAncestry West Africans