= Fula, n. 1.

A member of a distinctive ethnic and cultural group of West Africa speaking closely related dialects of the largest language (now usually called Ma…

= Akan, n. 1.

A member of an indigenous, traditionally agricultural people of western and northwestern Liberia and eastern Sierra Leone.

One of the Akan peoples of West Africa; a member of this people. Also, their language.

plural.

(A member of) an African people of Senegal and the Gambia.

A people of the lower Niger region of West Africa; a member of this people.

(A member of) a Mande people inhabiting the north-west of Sierra Leone and the southern coastal regions of the Republic of Guinea in West Africa…

A people of Sierra Leone; also, a member of this people.

A member of a group of peoples inhabiting Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in West Africa.

A people of Southern Nigeria; a member of this people; their language.

Name of a West African people; also, a member of this people.

(A member of) a people of the southern coasts of Liberia and Sierra Leone; also, their language. Also attributive or as adj.

(A member of) a people of the southern coast of Sierra Leone; also, their language. Also attributive or as adj.

(A member of) a people of western Nigeria and neighbouring parts.

A member of any of a group of West African peoples mainly inhabiting Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

An ethnic group of West Africa living mainly in south-eastern Mali and western Niger; (also) the members of this group considered collectively.

= Munchi, n. 1.

A people inhabiting the Niger delta, on the coast of Nigeria; (also) a member of this people.

The name of a people in Northern Nigeria; a member of this people; also, their language.

A member of a people living in West Africa, esp. in Mali and Senegal; (with plural agreement) this people collectively.

(A member of) a people of southern Nigeria, closely related to the Ibibio.

A group of black African peoples living in the region of Lake Chad, in north-eastern Nigeria; the language of these peoples, which belongs to the…

A member of an Akan people inhabiting the south-central region of Ghana and parts of Côte d'Ivoire. Also attrib.

A member of a people inhabiting the Manding heartland in West Africa and speaking one of the best-known forms of the Manding language.

Originally: the people of the Mande region collectively. Subsequently: a group of peoples speaking languages related to that of the Mande region.

An agricultural people inhabiting the regions of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia near the headwaters of the Niger; one of this people; also…

A member of the Nupe people.

A member of the Mende people.

Name of a tribe of the Ewe people living near the town of Ho in former Togoland, now part of Ghana.

A native or inhabitant of Benin.

A member of a West African people inhabiting Sierra Leone.

A member of a people of central Nigeria living on either side of the Benue river. Now usually known as Tiv.

A Mandingo-speaking people of Sierra Leone; a member of this people.

A people of the Ivory Coast in western Africa; any of the sub-group of Gur (Niger-Congo) languages (or dialects) spoken by them. Also attributive…

An African people of Northern Ghana.

(A member of) a Nigerian people, centred on the town of Umor in the Cross River region. Also attributive or as adj.

A member of a people originating in the Manding heartland of West Africa (see Manding, n. adj.) and speaking the Mandinka variety of the Manding…

A member of this people; also collective.

The people of Togo.

The name of a people inhabiting the border regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Republic of Guinea, and of their language.