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 |
| African | 1 |
| West African cultures | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2571294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: West Africans Context triple: [Afro-Latin Americans, hasAncestry, West Africans]
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A.
Guineans
Guineans are the people originating from the West African country of Guinea, characterized by diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultural traditions.
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B.
Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people are a diverse group of people of African descent whose ancestors were brought to the Caribbean, shaping the region’s cultures, languages, religions, and music.
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C.
Songhai people
The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
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D.
Bantu peoples
The Bantu peoples are a large, diverse group of African ethnic communities spread across central, eastern, and southern Africa who speak related Bantu languages and share historical and cultural ties.
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E.
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are a major ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious and philosophical traditions, and influential art, music, and political history, particularly in present-day Nigeria and neighboring countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: West Africans Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Guineans
Guineans are the people originating from the West African country of Guinea, characterized by diverse ethnic groups, languages, and cultural traditions.
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B.
Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people are a diverse group of people of African descent whose ancestors were brought to the Caribbean, shaping the region’s cultures, languages, religions, and music.
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C.
Songhai people
The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.
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D.
Bantu peoples
The Bantu peoples are a large, diverse group of African ethnic communities spread across central, eastern, and southern Africa who speak related Bantu languages and share historical and cultural ties.
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E.
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are a major ethnic group of West Africa known for their rich cultural heritage, complex religious and philosophical traditions, and influential art, music, and political history, particularly in present-day Nigeria and neighboring countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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Subject: West Africans Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
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