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African and Western Cultures

Explore 22 cultures from Africa and the Western world. Each guide covers traditions, languages, foods, countries and common names.

African cultures

• Yoruba – Nigeria, Benin, Togo
• Igbo – Southeast Nigeria
• Hausa-Fulani – Northern Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Cameroon
• Akan (Ashanti, Fante) – Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire
• Wolof and Senegambian peoples – Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania
• Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa and kin) – South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
• Kikuyu and Kenyan highland peoples – Central Kenya
• Habesha (Amhara, Tigrayan, Oromo and kin) – Ethiopia, Eritrea
• Somali – Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya
• Swahili coast – Kenya, Tanzania coast, Zanzibar
• Amazigh (Berber) and North African Arab – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
• Kongo and Central African peoples – DR Congo, Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Gabon

Western cultures

• Irish – Ireland
• Scottish – Scotland
• English – England
• Welsh – Wales
• German and Central European – Germany, Austria, Switzerland
• French – France, Belgium, Quebec
• Italian – Italy, Sicily, Sardinia
• Spanish, Portuguese and Basque – Spain, Portugal
• Nordic – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
• Polish and Slavic – Poland, Czechia, Ukraine, Balkans