The 48 Major Tribes of Africa

The 48  Major Tribes  of Africa
1. Maasai (Kenya, Tanzania):  They migrated from the Nile Valley around  the 15th-18th centuries  AD.
2. Zulus (South Africa):  They rose to prominence under Shaka Zulu in the early 19th century,  their Bantu origins  date back to  3000-2000 BC.
3. Hausa  (Niger, Niger, Ghana): city-states  founded around  1000-1200 AD, with Afro-Asiatic roots dating back 10,000  years.
4. Dinka (South Sudan): Nilotic  origin, migration to the Nile Valley around 1st millennium  BC.
5. Mandingo (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali):  associated with the Mali Empire  (1235-1600 AD), originally from West  Africa. 6. Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin): Their centralized kingdoms (e.g., Ife and Oyo)  were known about 900 years ago,  although oral histories suggest earlier origins (~1000  CE).
7. Berber (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya): Ancient group dating  from 12,000 to  10,000 BC, associated with early Afro-Asiatic  cultures.
8. Amhara (Ethiopia):  associated with the Kingdom of Axum (100  BC - 700 AD), with roots in Cushitic and Semitic  migrations.
9. Igbo (Nigeria): Evidence of  settlement as early as 3000  BC, with developed communities  as late as the 9th century  AD.
10. Oromo (Ethiopia, Kenya):  migrated to their  present area around  the 10th-16th centuries CE, part of Cushitic  descent. 11. Wolof (Senegal, Gambia): distinct group  that emerged in  the 12th and 13th centuries  AD, associated with the  empires of Ghana and  Mali.
12. Himba (Namibia):  group that appeared in the 16th century  AD, subgroup of the Herero people,  from which emerged the Shona and  Ndebele who migrated to Limpopo and some entered  Zimbabwe...
13. San/Bushmen  (various locations in southern Africa): Indigenous  people dating back over 100,000 years,  one of the oldest human  groups.
14. Ashanti (Ghana):  Founder of the Ashanti Empire in 1670  AD, with Akan roots dating  back to 1000  AD.
15. Xhosa (South Africa):  Originated from Bantu migrations around  3000-2000 BC. J.-C. 16. Fulani/Peulani (West Africa):  Possible origins around 4th century  AD, with widespread migration and cultural expansion  since 1000  AD.
17. Tuareg (Saharan  region): nomadic Berber subgroup,  dated to 10,000  BC, associated with.