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San

The San are a blanket group of any indigenous hunter-gatherer peoples in Southern Africa. Numbering about 170,000, they currently live in South Africa, Namibia, Bostwana, Angola, and Zimbabwe. 

They are often refered to as "Bushmen." Their name, the San, comes from the Khoekhoe word for …

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Geography

Ibibio (Ibibio Ikpa Isong)

The Ibibio (or the Ibom) live in modern day states of Akwa Ibom and Cross River. There are about 10 million Ibibio, with the smaller groups in Ghana, Cameroon, and Equitorial Guinea.

The Igbo-Ibibio history is rich. Historically, there is evidence of Ibibio settling in …

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Proverb

ihere adịghị eme onye ara kama o na-eme umunne ya

the madman feels no shame; the shame falls on their family

madman refers to lazy/unproductive people and the shame it causes their families

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