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PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	People Cluster	Primary Religion	Language	Total Population

Somali Bantu	Somalia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Swahili	Islam - Sunni	Maay - (ymm)	20,000
Tanzanian	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African, generic		Sukuma - (suk)	4,065
Shona	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Shona		Shona - (sna)	2,100
Seychellois	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African		Seselwa Creole French - (crs)	1,035
Senegalese	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic-Wolof		French - (fra)	6,335
Rundi	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-Lakes	Christianity	Rundi - (run)	1,335
Mauritian	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Hinduism	Morisyen - (mfe)	6,695
Kenyan	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African, generic	Christianity - Protestant	English - (eng)	8,060
Guinean	Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic	Christianity	French - (fra)	9,715
Gambian	Gambia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Malinke	Islam - Sunni	English - (eng)	595
Edo	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Bini - (bin)	2,200
Comorian, Maore	Comoros	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Swahili	Islam	Maore Comorian - (swb)	60
Balanta, Kentohe	Guinea	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Atlantic	Ethnic Religions	Balanta-Kentohe - (ble)	80
Beninese	Benin	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	French - (fra)	2,665
Bantu, Swahili	Burundi	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Swahili	Islam	Swahili (individual language) - (swh)	85,400
Angolan	Angola	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Other Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	Portuguese - (por)	2,040
Akan, Twi	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Twi - (twi)	6,545
Grebo	Liberia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Kru	Ethnic Religions	Southern Grebo - (grj)	100
Ga	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Guinean	Ethnic Religions	Ga - (gaa)	1,800
Ejagham	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Benue	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Ejagham - (etu)	2,500
West African		Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sub-Saharan African - Generic	Islam	English - (eng)	553,000
Hausa Muslim (Nigerien)	Niger	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Hausa	Islam - Sunni	Hausa - (hau)	6,000
Acholi	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Ethnic Religions	Acoli - (ach)	2,300
Madi	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Sudanic	Ethnic Religions	Ma'di - (mhi)	1,100
Embu-Mbeere	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	Christianity - Roman Catholic	Embu - (ebu)	1,100
Kikuyu	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba	Christianity - Protestant	Kikuyu - (kik)	550
Fur	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Ouaddai-Fur	Islam	Fur - (fvr)	310
Dinka	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity	South Central Dinka - (dib)	4,815
Zimbabwean	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Shona	Christianity	English - (eng)	18,925
Zambian	Zambia	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Bantu, Central-South		English - (eng)	8,325

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