African Peoples & Lineages

Every clan has a story.
Every people, a homeland.

A census counts people.
Kabila tells you who they are.

Ethnic groups, clans, lineage systems, and language families — structured, open, and built for researchers, educators, and diaspora communities.

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Kikuyu · AgĩkũyũKenya
ClanAnjirūTotem: Elephant
ClanAcheeraTotem: Colobus monkey
ClanAmbuiTotem: Dove
ClanAngariTotem: Serval cat
Lineage
Patrilineal
Clans
9
Speakers
8.1M
42+
Ethnic Groups
200+
Clans
18
Language Families
100%
Open Data

Ethnic Groups & Clans

Structured data on lineage systems, totems, origin stories, and clan hierarchies. From the 9 daughters of Moombi to the 71 Sabaot clans.

Language Families

Track Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Afroasiatic, and beyond — with endonyms, dialects, and speaker counts linked to ethnic groups.

Mipaka Integration

Every group and clan is linked to administrative boundaries via the Mipaka API — see both colonial-era and modern territory names.

Community Contributions

Anyone can propose corrections or additions. Source-verified, reviewed, and transparent — because this data belongs to everyone.

Community
Your people belong here
If your clan, ethnic group, or lineage system isn’t represented — or if existing data is incomplete — you can fix that. Every contribution is reviewed, attributed, and preserved.
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Open Data
African ethnographic data, structured and freely accessible.
Kabila’s API is free for researchers, educators, and developers. Every record is source-cited and community-verifiable. Built on Django REST Framework with full Swagger documentation.
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