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Ethnic groups in Senegal

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Fulbe people
ethnic group in the Sahel and West Africa
Mandinka people
West African ethnic group
Wolof people
West African ethnic group, largest in Senegal
Serer people
West African ethnic group
Soninke people
ethnic group in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.
Toucouleur people
West African ethnic group
Sanhaja
The Sanhaja (, or ; , pl. , and , pl. ) were a large Berber tribal confederation, along with the Zanata and Masmuda confederations. Many tribes in Algeria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia and Western Sahara bore and still carry this ethnonym, especially in its Berber form.
Dyula people
ethnic group in West Africa
Bassari people
African people living in Senegal, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau
Balanta people
ethnic group
Yalunka people
ethnic group of West Africa
Mandyak people
ethnic group in Guinea, Gunea-Bissau and Senegal
Papel people
West African ethnic group
Bedick people
ethnic group
Bainuk people
ethnic group
Biafada people
ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau
Lebou people
ethnic group in western Senegal
Mankanya people
Ethnicity in Africa
Jakhanke people
The Jakhanke -- also spelled Jahanka, Jahanke, Jahanque, Jahonque, Diakkanke, Diakhanga, Diakhango, Dyakanke, Diakhanké, Diakanké, or Diakhankesare -- are a Manding-speaking ethnic group in the Senegambia region, often classified as a subgroup of the larger Soninke. The Jakhanke have historically constituted a specialized caste of professional Muslim clerics (ulema) and educators. They are centered on one larger group in Guinea, with smaller populations in the eastern region of The Gambia, Senegal, and in Mali near the Guinean border. Although generally considered a branch of the Soninke (also
Tenda
African people