 
People Group: Comorians
Comorians number around 900,000 people and inhabit four islands in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar. They are warm-hearted, welcoming, and enthusiastic. Some make a small income by selling spices for export, such as cloves and va...
Read MorePeople group: the Japanese of East Asia
The Japanese are an East Asian people group numbering approximately 124 million, living primarily in Japan. The population is highly urbanized, with most people concentrated in large metropolitan areas such as Tokyo and Osaka, while rural communit...
Read MorePeople group: the Bilala of central Chad
The Bilala are a Muslim people group who live in the central region of Chad. Along with the Kuka and Medogo peoples, the Bilala make up a larger group, the Lisi. The Bilala conquered the Kuka in the 1600s and settled on their land. Today, they rem...
Read MorePeople Group: the Mandinka of West Africa
The Mandinka are a West African people group numbering about 2.5 million and found mainly in southern Gambia, southern Mali, southern Senegal, and eastern Guinea. There are very few of them also in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Bissau. ...
Read MorePeople group: the Garre of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia
The Garre people trace their heritage through their forefather Samaale, who is considered to be the ancestor of most of the pastoralist clans in northern Somalia. Further back, they are descended from a cousin of the prophet Muhammed. The history ...
Read MorePeople group: the Idaksahak of Algeria and Mali
The Idaksahak (“Sons of Isaac”) or Dawsahak or Daoussahak are of the Berber peoples, the diverse ethnic groups who lived in North Africa before the Arabs arrived. They moved south in the eighth or ninth century, bringing Islam with them, and...
Read MorePeople group: the intellectually impaired
Among every people group and every community are people of all ages who are differently-abled intellectually either from birth or due to injury. Often, these brothers and sisters are hidden out of shame or remain at home, especially ...
Read MorePeople group: the Makwe of Tanzania and Mozambique
The Makwe of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique may be the amalgamation of several people groups who migrated out to the coasts of Mozambique and Tanzania during the late 1800s looking for work, but who stayed and formed their own group. ...
Read MoreGrupos Ă©tnicos: os Toposa
Os Toposa sĂŁo um grande grupo agropastoris com uma população estimada em 500.000 habitantes. Eles vivem em trĂŞs comunidades no Estado Equatorial Oriental (EES) do SudĂŁo do Sul – Kapoeta Norte, Leste e Sul – assim com...
Read MorePeople Group: Chinese immigrants to Africa
Across Africa, Chinese nationals are arriving to do business. Many are middle class people who have come to invest and make money, though some have been hired by other Chinese to work as labourers, factory workers, or even prostitutes. Most come t...
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