Western Africa
76 ethnic groups
Adjoukrou
Dabou (Ivory Coast)
Afemai
Edo State (Nigeria)
Aja
Benin, Togo
Akan
Gold Coast (Ghana)
Anaang
Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria)
Atyap
Kaduna State (Nigeria)
Balanta
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, The Gambia
Bambara
Mali
Bariba
Borgu (Benin, Nigeria)
Bassa
Bassaland (Liberia)
Berom
Plateau State (Nigeria)
Bissa
Burkina Faso
Bozo
Mali
Bwa
Burkina Faso, Mali
Dagaaba
Ghana, Burkina Faso
Dagombas
Kingdom of Dagbon (Ghana)
Dogon
Bandiagara Escarpment (Mali)
Dyula
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali
Ebira
Kogi State (Nigeria)
Edo
Edo State (Nigeria)
Efik
Cross River State (Nigeria)
Ekoi
Nigeria, Cameroon
Esan
Esanland (Nigeria)
Ewe
Togo, Ghana
Fon
Dahomey (Benin)
Fula
West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad)
Ga-Adangbe
Greater Accra (Ghana)
Gbagyi
Nigeria
Gola
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Guan
Ghana (Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions)
Gurma
Gurmaland (Burkina Faso, Ghana)
Gurunsi
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo
Hausa
Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria)
Ibibio
Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria)
Idoma
Benue State (Nigeria)
Igbo
Igboland (Nigeria)
Igede
Benue State (Nigeria)
Ijaw
Nigeria (Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta States)
Isoko
Isoko region (Nigeria)
Jola
Jolaland (Senegal)
Jukun
Wukari (Nigeria)
Kalenjin
Rift Valley Province (Kenya)
Kamba
Ukambani (Kenya)
Kanuri
Kanuriland (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon)
Kapsiki
Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon)
Kilba
Hong (Nigeria)
Kissi
Guinea, Sierra Leone
Kofyar
Plateau State (Nigeria)
Kpelle
Liberia, Guinea
Kposo
Plateaux (Togo), Ghana
Kru
Liberia (Grand Kru and Maryland Counties)
Kuteb
Taraba State (Nigeria)
Limba
Sierra Leone (Bombali and Koinadugu Districts)
Mambila
Mambilla Plateau (Nigeria, Cameroon)
Mandinka
Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal
Manjak
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Mende
Sierra Leone (Southern and Eastern Provinces)
Mossi
Mossiland (Burkina Faso)
Mumuye
Taraba State (Nigeria)
Ogoni
Ogoniland (Nigeria)
Papel
Biombo Region (Guinea-Bissau)
Senufo
Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Serer
Senegal
Sherbro
Sherbro Island (Sierra Leone)
Songhai
Mali, Niger
Soninke
Mali
Susu
Guinea, Kambia (Sierra Leone)
Tarok
Plateau State (Nigeria)
Temne
Northern Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)
Tiv
Benue State (Nigeria)
Toucouleur
Futa Tooro (Senegal)
Turkana
Turkanaland (Kenya)
Urhobos
Delta State (Nigeria)
Wolof
Senegambia (Senegal, The Gambia)
Yakö
Yakurr Local Government (Nigeria)
Yoruba
Yorubaland (Nigeria, Benin, Togo)