One tribe that comes to mind is the Mandinka tribe that Kunya Kinte from Alex Haley’s “Roots” book came from. The sequel to Roots was named Mandingo.
I did a quick check on Google and in a web-site on the slave trade and Afro-American Ancestry it gives the names of about 50 African tribes and the parts of Africa they came from.
pretty much the same as today- except for those exterminated by the arab expansion southwards
west africa would be Diara, Takrur, Djolof, Mamprussi, Borgu, Dendi, Oyo, Yoruba, Igala, Kwararafa, Kano, Wagadugu, Mane, Fante, Ibo
ethiopia area- Akhara, Tigre, Dawaro, Shoa, Danakil, Ifat, Funj, Galla, Innarya, Lasta
east africa- Ha, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Iramba, Shamba, Chagga, Sandawe, Kamba, Zinza, Buganda, Toro, Luo, Kikuyu, Masai, Turkana, Lango, Acholi, Alur, Tutsi, Hehe, Kimbu, Lambwa
west-central africa- Ndongo, Lunda, Luba, Ovimbundu, Teke, Jaga, Congo, Loango, Bobangi, Chokwe, Lwena,
Southern africa- Namaqua, Griqua, Basuto, Xhosa, Tembu, Pondo, Sotho, Swazi, Zulu, Ndebele, Shona, Ngwato
this is just a fraction of the tribes present. Please bear in mind that this area is HUGE and so is the number of tribal/national groups which inhabit it
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by Anonymous, on 04.30.09 @ 5:04 pm
One tribe that comes to mind is the Mandinka tribe that Kunya Kinte from Alex Haley’s “Roots” book came from. The sequel to Roots was named Mandingo.
I did a quick check on Google and in a web-site on the slave trade and Afro-American Ancestry it gives the names of about 50 African tribes and the parts of Africa they came from.
by Anonymous, on 04.30.09 @ 5:04 pm
pretty much the same as today- except for those exterminated by the arab expansion southwards
west africa would be Diara, Takrur, Djolof, Mamprussi, Borgu, Dendi, Oyo, Yoruba, Igala, Kwararafa, Kano, Wagadugu, Mane, Fante, Ibo
ethiopia area- Akhara, Tigre, Dawaro, Shoa, Danakil, Ifat, Funj, Galla, Innarya, Lasta
east africa- Ha, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Iramba, Shamba, Chagga, Sandawe, Kamba, Zinza, Buganda, Toro, Luo, Kikuyu, Masai, Turkana, Lango, Acholi, Alur, Tutsi, Hehe, Kimbu, Lambwa
west-central africa- Ndongo, Lunda, Luba, Ovimbundu, Teke, Jaga, Congo, Loango, Bobangi, Chokwe, Lwena,
Southern africa- Namaqua, Griqua, Basuto, Xhosa, Tembu, Pondo, Sotho, Swazi, Zulu, Ndebele, Shona, Ngwato
this is just a fraction of the tribes present. Please bear in mind that this area is HUGE and so is the number of tribal/national groups which inhabit it