Top 10 African tribes/ethnic groups that are globally known. FollowAfrican 1) Zulu 🇿🇦 South Africa - The Zulu tribe is popular outside Africa. They've been featured in music, documentaries and movies. Shaka the Zulu was a warrior king whose popularity is well spread. Famous Zulus, Lucky Dube, Nasty C, black Coffee etc. 2) Igbo 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The Igbos are undeniably known world wide. Chinua Achebe wrote about the Igbo culture alot. They are known for their history, culture and literature. The popularized the kolanut and palm wine through books, movies and music Pete Edochie, Nkem owoh, Chinwetalu Ejiofor, Zain Asher, Ckay, Flavour, Chimamanda, phyno, P-square are Igbos who have taken their culture to the world. Igbo are known in Nollywood movies. 3) Maasai 🇰🇪 Kenya - The Masai are perhaps one of the most documented tribes in Africa, with alot of documentaries shown about them and books written about their culture. They are known for their traditional clothing and hunting skills 4) Yoruba 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The Yorubas are globally known for their history, culture, art and literature. Fela, Wole Soyinka, Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, David Oyelowo, John Boyega, Anthony Joshua etc are a few Yorubas who have taken their culture to the world. The Yoruba culture has been featured in many Hollywood movies. 5) Hausa 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The hausas are very popular. Often known as the Igbos of the North, The richest black man in the world Aliko Dangote is Hausa along with his brother from the same state Kano Abdulsamad Rabiu (BUA). Their culture has also been well written about and have featured in a few Hollywood movies including the Amazon prime series were a woman was seen eating Tuwo shinkafa. 6) Swahili 🇹🇿 Tanzania - This tribe have phenomenal spread their language in East Africa and a few central African nations. In the 70s, their language was part of the African-American black pride movement been pushed forward. 7) Edo/Bini 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The Binis are perhaps the culture in Africa with the most famous artworks outside Egypt. Binis are known for their history, culture and art/architecture. The famous Benin bronze, ivory and brass artworks are known globally. The country Benin republic gets their name from them. Benin art and culture have been featured in Hollywood movies including black panther. Many Nigerian cultures have roots in Benin. The bronze mask of Queen Idia is perhaps the most famous mask in Africa and one of the most famous in the world. Popular Eds are Kamaru Usman, Rema, Odion Jude Ighalo, Victor Osimhen, Dave, Sam Loco Efe etc. 8) Asante 🇬🇭 Ghana - This tribe are known for their history and culture. Popular American hip hop artist was named after this tribe Asante. Their Kente is perhaps the most popular African attire outside of Africa and were known to be masters of the gold craft. 9) The Fulani - This nomadic tribes are known for their history and culture. They are predominantly in West Africa and are found in 18 African countries. Most In Nigeria 🇳🇬 Popular Fulanis or people with Fulani ancestry are Muhammadu and Aisha Buhari, Tafawa Balewa, Anthony Anderson, India Arie, Peter John Gomes etc. 10) Berbers/Amazigh - They are predominantly found in North Africa. They are predominantly found in Morocco 🇲🇦 and Algeria 🇩🇿 They known for their use of silver silver. Their culture and history well documented and have a unique language and writing system that traces back to ancient Egypt. Books are currently being written about them including a book titled salt by Haitian-American Pascaline Brodeur. Disclaimer: Every African tribe and culture is beautiful, unique and important. No one culture is more important than the other. This only highlights tribes known outside the continent overall, this doesn't mean there aren't other cultures that aren't known.

👳🏾 Afrika kıtasının ikinci en büyük kabilesi Hausa toplumunun önde gelen liderlerinin kullandığı "Rawani" adı verilen türban halihazırda da yaygın olarak kullanılıyor. Hausa dilinde türban anlamına gelen Rawani, başta Nijerya olmak üzere Gana, Nijer, Kamerun, Çad ve Togo gibi Batı Afrika ülkelerinde yaşayan Hausaların önem verdiği ve saygı duyduğu giysiler arasında bulunuyor. Rawani, Hausa toplumunda kraliyet mensuplarının yanı sıra dini liderler ve saygı duyulan yaşlı kişiler tarafından da kullanılıyor. 👳🏾 Nigerians are seen wearing a turban called "Rawani" used by prominent leaders of the Hausa community in Kano, Nigeria. Rawani, which means turban in Hausa, is one of the items of clothing that Hausa people in West African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, and Togo value and respect. Rawani is utilized by religious leaders and revered seniors in Hausa society, as well as royal members. 📷 AA, Zulyadain Isa Bello #nijerya #nigeria #rawani #hausa

Turkish TV serials and films are becoming big hits in Muslim-majority northern Nigeria as more of them are translated into the local Hausa language, drawing new viewers and generating a huge fan base in the African country. Baba Abdullahi and his family are gathered in their living room in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on a Saturday afternoon to watch the Turkish hit serial “Ertugrul.”. None of them knows the Turkish language. “The film is highly intriguing. It’s awesome and meaningful,” Abdullahi tells TRT Afrika, referring to the series about one of the most famous Turkish warriors of the 13th century and the father of Osman Ghazi, founder of the Ottoman Empire. Although the Turkish population in Nigeria is generally believed to be too small to influence the lifestyles of Nigerians or to spread the Turkish language, many people can now understand Turkish across northern Nigeria. Read more: https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/showstoppers-how-turkish-serials-are-stealing-hearts-in-nigeria-s-north-67038