Talk:List of ethnic groups of Africa

WHERE ARE THE EGYPTIANS, MOORS, BERBERS ETC?

It looks like Ethnic groups of the Middle East covers the north Africa, but I don't know how good that article is.80.186.205.118 (talk) 05:45, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

This list is rather incomplete, even when discussing the major ethnic groups. I saw no reference to Sango, Ga, Mossi, Temne, Sarahule, Ogoni, Malinke (although Bambara was there), Tuareg, or Manjak. Granted it is a lot of work, and since there are divisions of divisions they should be appropriately indicated. - Isaac —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.18.195.36 (talk) 22:26, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Unorganised data removed from article

I have removed the following from the article because it is a mess with all those templates and needs incorporating properly in the alphabetical list. It is between nowiki tags to stop it making a mess of the talk page as well. I would do this myself but have no way of knowing that the data is actually valid. Most of the templates don't exist - I think this may have been dumped in from another wiki. Anyone with some knowledge on this subject, please leave a note on my talk page and I will come back and sort it out. SpinningSpark 12:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

* {{Afrique du Sud}} **[[Khosa]] **[[Zoulou]] <br> *{{Algérie}}, {{Tunisie}}, {{Maroc}}, {{Mauritanie}}... **[[Touaregs]] **[[Kabyle]] <br> *{{Angola}} **[[Tschokwe]] ou [[Chokwe]] **[[Lunda]] <br> *{{Bénin}} **[[Fon-gbe]] **[[Igbo]] **[[Yorouba]] <br> *{{Botswana}}, {{Namibie}} **[[Bochimans]] <br> *{{Burkina Faso}} **[[Bobo-Dioulasso]] **[[Ben]] **[[Bwa (peuple)|Bwa]] **[[Gan]] **[[Gouin]] **[[Lobi]] **[[Marka]] **[[Nuna]] **[[Nunuma]] **[[Winiama]] <br> *{{Cameroun}} **[[Bamileke]] **[[Bamoun]] **[[Ben]] **[[Betis]] **[[Mambila]] **[[Namji]] **[[Zande]] **[[Zingwe]] <br> *{{RDC}}, {{Congo}} **[[Bangubangu]] **[[Bemba]] **[[Bunza]] **[[Havu]] **[[Hema]] **[[Hemba]] **[[Kongo]] **[[Koulango]] **[[Kuba]] **[[Lele]] **[[Lendu]] **[[Lokele]] **[[Luba]] **[[Lunda]] **[[Loango]] **[[Mangbetu]] **[[Minungu]] **[[Mongo]] **[[Nande]] **[[Ndembo]] **[[Ngandi]] **[[Pende]] **[[Sanga]] **[[Shi]] **[[Tabwa]] **[[Teke]] **[[Topoke]] **[[Tchokwé]] **[[Toussian]] **[[Songye]] **[[Yanda (ethnie)|Yanda]] **[[Yaka]] <br> *{{Côte d'Ivoire}} **[[Akan]] **[[Baoulé]] **[[Dan]] **[[Djimini]] **[[Guro]] **[[Lagoon]] **[[Mau]] **[[Mayombe]] **[[Poro]] **[[Yaure]] <br> *{{Égypte}} **[[copte]] **[[Nagada]] **[[Nubie]] <br> *{{Éthiopie}} **[[Afar]] <br> *{{Gabon}} **[[fang]] **[[Kota]] **[[Mbete]] **[[Obamba]] **[[Tshogo]] <br> *{{Ghana}} **[[Akan]] **[[Ashanti]] **[[Fanti]] **[[Moba]] <br> *{{Guinée}} **[[Baga]] **[[Nalu]] **[[Toma]] <br> *{{Guinée-Bissau}} **[[Bijagos]] <br> *{{Libéria}} **[[Bete]] **[[Kono]] **[[Wee]] <br> *{{Madagascar}} **[[Ankaragna]] **[[Antandroy]] **[[Antesaka]] **[[Betsileo]] **[[Bezanozano_(ethnie)| Bezanozano]] **[[Merina]] **[[Sakalava]] **[[Vazimba]] **[[Vezo]] <br> *{{Mali}} **[[Bamana]] **[[Dogon]] **[[Soninké]] **[[Tellem]] <br> *{{Mozambique}},... **[[Swahilie]] <br> *{{Niger}} **[[Djerma]] **[[Kanuri]] **[[Urhobo]] <br> *{{Nigeria}} **[[Anang]] **[[Bakor]] **[[État d'Edo|Edo]] **[[Igbo]] **[[Ikenga]] **[[Mbembé]] **[[Tiv]] **[[Yoruba]] <br> *{{Ouganda}} **[[Ganda]] <br> *{{République centrafricaine}} **[[yangéré]] <br> *{{Sierra Leone}} **[[Sapi]] <br> *{{Soudan}} **[[Lurangu]] **[[Makuria]] **[[Nouba]] **[[Nzakara]] <br> *{{Tanzanie}} **[[Zaramo]] <br> *{{Togo}} **[[Kotokoli]] **[[Ewes|Ewe]] <br>

Quality of article & possible approaches

This article needs a good deal of work starting from the opening sentence (it's a bit of an overstatement to say there are "thousands, each having their own distinct language and culture"). The attempt to list all ethnic groups is something that would need a lot more input and some reorganization to reflect groupings (e.g., Bambara and Mandinka in Manding; Zulu, Xhosa in Nguni; etc.). One could consider splitting this effort into two articles, with one on Ethnicity in Africa or Population groups in Africa, discussing the meaning of the term, and the overall picture of identities in Africa. The other article could be a list of groups.--A12n (talk) 21:47, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Egyptians as a race? and 65 millions Berbers?

Egyptians is a nationality not a race!.. there is alot of races in egypt.. and arabs is the Majority of egypt makes 70% of Population maybe more .. and for berbers i think they 20 millions only not more than that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.196.168.55 (talk) 23:33, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Egyptians are racially distinct, and have been for millenia. They are the largest single race within the Semitic family of races. Culturally, they are Arab, constituting the largest individual racial group that self-identifies as being culturally Arab.