5-396: Emancipado ( Spanish pronunciation: [emanθiˈpaðo] ) was a term used for an African -descended social-political demographic within the population of Spanish Guinea (modern day Equatorial Guinea ) that existed in the early to mid 1900s. This segment of the native population had become assimilated into the former European society of Spanish Guinea which primarily existed along
10-503: A language) and culture . The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic , Khoisan , Niger-Congo , and Nilo-Saharan populations. The official population count of the various ethnic groups in Africa is highly uncertain due to limited infrastructure to perform censuses, and due to rapid population growth. Some groups have alleged that there is deliberate misreporting in order to give selected ethnicities numerical superiority (as in
15-1022: The Afroasiatic -speaking populations inhabiting North Africa and Northeast Africa ; the Nilo-Saharan -speaking populations in Northeast Africa and East Africa ; the Ari populations in Northeast Africa; the Niger-Congo -speaking populations in West-Central Africa, West Africa , East Africa, and Southern Africa ; the Pygmy populations in Central Africa ; and the Khoisan populations in Southern Africa. As
20-456: The case of Nigeria's Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo peoples). A 2009 genetic clustering study, which genotyped 1327 polymorphic markers in various African populations, identified six ancestral clusters. The clustering corresponded closely with ethnicity, culture, and language. A 2018 whole genome sequencing study of the world's populations observed similar clusters among the populations in Africa. At K=9, distinct ancestral components defined
25-416: The coastline communities of the continental part of the country, as well as on the islands of Bioko and Annobón . This population included: This Equatorial Guinea -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ethnic groups of Africa The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of
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