Arsi

The Arsi tribe (formerly known as the Arussi) is one of over 200 people groups belonging to the largest tribe in Ethiopia called the Oromo.

Djoula

The Djoula originally came from the Mande Empire in Mali over 600 years ago. Their name means “itinerant trader,” and they were active in the gold trade in the ancient Ghanaian and Malian empires.

Fon

The Fon are the largest ethnic group in Benin with over 1.25 million people living mainly in southern and central Benin.

Fulani

The Fulani are a people group in several regions of Africa, whose distinctive physical features are similar to people in Egypt, northern Sudan, and Ethiopia.

Hausa

The Hausa are a racially diverse but culturally homogeneous people group of northern Nigeria and south-central Niger.

Maninka

The Maninka Muslims are a sub-group of the large people group commonly referred to as the Manding. Their unity and pride stems from their common cultural origin from the once-great Malian Empire.

Mursi

The Mursi live in the Omo Valley in southwestern Ethiopia. Their territory is hedged in by three rivers and a mountain range, making them one of the most isolated people groups in Ethiopia.

Tamajaq

The Tamajaq — "the blue men of the desert" — are a nomadic people who migrated from northern Africa into the Sahel regions of the western Sahara Desert.

Wolof

The Wolof people were one of the first groups to establish a kingdom in what is modern day Senegal.