42% English, 21% Scottish, 12% Swedish and Danish etc etc
But my grandfather. And my aunt. They have the curliest hair that I know comes from Mali. I carry that 1% with me, but with them it shows. And my grandfather’s mother was raised on a reservation in Oklahoma. I don’t even know her name.
But…I want to. I wonder. About which ancestor left me that 1% of the same empire Mansa Musa was from. The fact that that’s all I know about the country. I want to know their name. Their story. What on earth happened. Why don’t we know you? I can track my family back to a sister-ship of the Mayflower, yet I don’t know where I got this 1%.
It isn’t my culture. I am not entitled to it. But sometimes I just…wonder. I’m just a little suburban white kid but this is so important to me. They are so important to me.
People joke about having “1% black so I can say the n word haha” but this family member…who are you, and how have you stayed in my blood yet I don’t even know your name?
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67 million of them live in Nigeria 🇳🇬. However, they are also found in sizable numbers in Niger🇳🇪, Benin🇧🇯, Ivory Coast🇨🇮, Sudan 🇸🇩, Ghana 🇬🇭, Chad🇹🇩, Togo🇹🇬 and Burkina Faso 🇧🇫.
2. Yoruba (47 Million people)
Found in West Africa, especially in Nigeria 🇳🇬 (43.4 million) and Benin 🇧🇯 (1.4 million).
3. Igbo (45 Million people)
Found in Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Guinea 🇬🇼
4. Oromo (40 Million people)
Found in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and Kenya 🇰🇪
5. Amazigh (+40 million people)
Found primary in Morocco 🇲🇦 and Algeria 🇩🇿, but are also found in Tunisia 🇹🇳, Libya 🇱🇾, Egypt 🇪🇬, Mali🇲🇱, Mauritania🇲🇷 and Niger. 🇳🇪
6. Fulani (40 million people)
7. Found in Nigeria 🇳🇬, Mali🇲🇱, Guinea 🇬🇼, Cameroon 🇨🇲, Senegal 🇸🇳 and Chad 🇹🇩.
8. Amhara (+30 Million people)
Found in Ethiopia 🇪🇹
9. Akan (20 million people)
Found in Ghana 🇬🇭 and the Ivory Coast🇨🇮
10. The Somali (20 million people)
Found in Somalia 🇸🇴, Djibouti 🇩🇯, Somaliland🇮🇹 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and Kenya 🇰🇪.
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