West African (general)

Identification code: 300015845

Español: estilos del oeste de Africa (general (traducció pendent)) | Català: estils de l’oest d’àfrica - 30 (general (traducció pendent))

Hierarchy classification:

Narrower term/s

Western Sudanese[+]
- Western Sudanese fringe-dwelling peoples [+]
- Gur [+]
  - Dogon (culture or style)
  - Mossi [+]
    - Zaose
  - Kurumba
  - Lobi [+]
    - Dorosie
    - Dyan
    - Gan (Lobi)
  - Minianka (culture or style)
  - Nafana
  - Senufo (culture or style) [+]
    - Kulango
    - Djimini
    - Turka
    - Gouin
    - Tusyan
    - Kulebele
  - Bargu [+]
    - Yowa
  - Basari (Gur)
  - Bwa
  - Gurunsi [+]
    - Nunuma
    - Sisala
    - Vagala
    - Kassena
    - Nuna
    - Lela (Gurunsi)
    - Winiama
  - Kabre [+]
    - Lamba (West African style)
  - Konkomba
  - Moba
  - Tamberma [+]
    - Biyobe
  - Kotokoli
  - Bobo
  - Gonja (Gur)
  - Nioniosse
  - Gurma
  - Dagomba
  - Bisa
  - Kusasi
  - Woaba
  - Naudeba
  - Kilinga
  - Dagari [+]
    - Birifor
    - LoWiili
  - Builsa
  - Falafala
  - Frafra [+]
    - Tallensi
    - Gurensi
    - Nabdam
  - Mamprusi
  - Wala
  - Degha
  - Taneka
  - Nyende
Guinea Coast styles[+]
Southern Nigerian styles[+]
Northeastern Nigerian styles[+]
- Niger-Congo language groups styles [+]
- Kanakuru
Cameroon styles[+]
- southern coastal Cameroon styles [+]
- Cameroon Grassfields [+]
Togolese [NP]
Mande[+]
- core Mande styles [+]
  - Bamana [+]
    - Bozo [+]
    - Somono
  - Maninka
  - Soninke (culture or style) [+]
    - Jakhanke
  - Ligbi [+]
    - Hwela
  - Dyula (culture or style) [+]
    - Yarse
  - Samo [+]
    - Sambla
  - Khassonke
  - Wassalunke
- peripheral Mande styles [+]
Kwa (culture or style)
Krio

Alternative term/s

Western African

Anotations

Scope note:

Styles and cultures from the region comprising the westernmost area of the African continent, defined by the United Nations as including the modern nations of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

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