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african knowledge atlas the digital encyclopedia of africa a african knowledge atlas atlas explore communities kingdoms sources about the digital encyclopedia of africa explore the civilizations languages myths architecture and living traditions of every indigenous community on the continent one interactive map at a time 54 countries 150 deep community profiles 2 000 languages on the continent 5 cultural regions begin with the map click any country or filter by cultural region cultural regions all of africa north africa west africa east africa horn central africa southern africa featured communities in depth profiles across identity culture mythology architecture and more view all 150 abagusii gusii kisii niger congo the densely settled highland farmers of southwestern kenya soapstone carvers of tabaka keepers of the egesa harvest dances and the ritual healer diviners abanyamoriogi whose clan fortress hills held off maasai and kipsigis raiders for centuries read profile acholi nilo saharan the luo chiefdoms of the uganda south sudan borderland poets of the royal drum and the larakaraka courtship dance whose mato oput reconciliation rite taught the world a justice that mends rather than merely punishes read profile afar afro asiatic the salt caravan nomads of the danakil one of the hottest places on earth whose camel trains sultanates and clan law have mastered a landscape of volcanoes and salt lakes that few others can even cross read profile akan asante fante niger congo matrilineal peoples of the ghana côte d ivoire forest belt whose asante empire golden stool kente cloth and adinkra symbol system created one of africa s most sophisticated courtly civilizations read profile amazigh berber afro asiatic the indigenous peoples of north africa imazighen the free people whose tifinagh script mountain and desert civilizations and millennia of continuous culture long predate the arab arrival stretching from the canary islands to the siwa oasis read profile amhara afro asiatic highland civilization of the ethiopian plateau heirs of aksum s ge ez literacy builders of lalibela s rock churches and gondar s castles whose orthodox christian culture and amharic language shaped the ethiopian state for seven centuries read profile azande niger congo the great eaters of the forest edge a conquering avongara led nation spanning three borders whose oracle governed courts throwing knives and ture trickster cycles made them the classic study of an african philosophy of causation read profile baganda niger congo the kingdom people of the northern lake victoria shore buganda s kabaka monarchy 52 totemic clans barkcloth craft and royal drum orchestras built one of africa s most sophisticated precolonial states and gave uganda its name read profile browse by knowledge category mythology creation stories deities cosmologies and ancestor traditions browse oral literature epics folktales hero legends and proverbs browse architecture vernacular building palaces sacred sites and settlements browse artifacts masks sculpture regalia weapons and textiles browse kingdoms history interactive map of 20 great empires plus migrations and trade networks browse languages language families scripts and living speech browse built on open knowledge every profile cites open archives unesco museums public libraries alongside premium scholarly sources for deeper research explore the sources layer 54 countries mapped plus 7 territories knowledge graph structure africa country community stories myths architecture artifacts history references african knowledge atlas preserving and democratizing access to african indigenous knowledge content compiled from open archives museums and unesco resources see sources atlas explore peoples kingdoms search