List of ethnic groups of Africa

Columns: Major ethnic groups | Region | Countries | Language family | Pop . ( millions ) ( year )
Luba | Central Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Niger-Congo , Bantu | 15 | Maghrebis | North Africa | Maghreb ( Mauritania , Morocco , Western Sahara ) , Algeria , Tunisia , and Libya | Afro-Asiatic , Semitic | 100 | Mongo | Central Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Niger-Congo , Bantu | 15 | Nilotes | Nile Valley , East Africa , Central Africa | South Sudan , Sudan , Chad , Central African Republic , Kenya , Uganda , Tanzania , Ethiopia | Nilo-Saharan , Nilotic | 22 ( 2007 ) | Oromo | Horn of Africa | Ethiopia | Afro-Asiatic , Cushitic | 3 5 ( 2016 ) | Shona | East Africa | Zimbabwe and Mozambique | Niger-Congo , Bantoid | 15 ( 2000 ) | Somali | Horn of Africa | Somalia , Djibouti , Ethiopia , Kenya | Afro-Asiatic , Cushitic | 20 ( 2009 ) | Yoruba | West Africa | Nigeria , Benin , Togo , Ghana , Ivory Coast , Sierra Leone | Niger-Congo , Volta-Niger | 40 | Zulu | Southern Africa | South Africa | Niger-Congo , Bantu | 12 ( 2016 )

Example questions:
How many ethnicities are have recognition in the nation aside from Ethiopia home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Abyssinians ? | Who was the leader of the first explorers of the nation home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Luba from Europe ? | How many states are contained in the nation home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Igbo ? | Which part of its continent contains the nation home to the ethnic group of Africa known as the Amhara ?

Answers:
nine | Henry Morton Stanley | 36 | Horn of Africa