Top 10 Richest Tribe in Africa

By: Maryjane Oruche (064)

Africa is a continent with diverse ethnic groups each having its own languages and culture. In fact, it had been said that there are over 3,000 tribes on the African continent.

While prosperity and riches does not depend on ones’ tribe, there are some tribe that probably due to connections or other reasons have set themselves up as one of the richest on the continent.
Yoruba
The Yoruba tribe is mainly found in South Western Nigeria and in Southern Benin though their greatest population is in Nigeria. Yoruba is unarguably one of the largest ethnic group in Africa with a population estimate at about 35 million people.
In Nigeria, they account for about 20% of the population. This tribe is one of the richest tribes in Africa. Due to the early acceptance of western education by these people, they produce more professionals than any other tribe in Nigeria.
Zulu
The Zulu tribe is one of the most prominent and richest tribe in Africa and widely known around the globe.
They speak the isiZulu language and are found mostly in South Africa with a large population of the tribe in countries Zambia, Zimbabwe and other African countries.
The population of it member is put to an estimated amount of 11 million. They have one of the elegant culture and known for their festivities.
Pedi
The Pedi tribe originate from South Africa and speak the Sotho language. Talking of population, there are more than 7 million people in South Africa speaking Sotho language.
With this figure, the ethnic group is the second largest in South Africa. In the past, the largest part of population of the tribe was involved in herding and farming.
Later on, many men moved to cities in search of employment. They work as migrant workers. They are currently one of the richest on the continent.
Hausa and Fulani
The Hausa and Fulani tribe (coined Hausa-Fulani) is the most successful politically in Nigeria due to their political domination as a result of their large population. It is important to note that they are separate tribes.
In Nigeria, this tribe is the most populated and they use this to their advantage. Not only in Nigeria, the tribe has it presence on some West Africa countries.
The people are mostly agriculturalist and traders and are one of the richest on the continent. Africa’s richest man, Dangote is from this tribe. The tribe is seen as a lingua franca of many parts of the West African region.
Suri
This tribe speaks the Surma language and are found mainly on the highlands. They live on hghlands of over a thousand meter and can be found in countries like Sudan and Ethiopia.
There’s a weird culture practiced among this tribe, they are prevented from marrying people outside their tribe. Whatever is the reason is known to them but just they are one of the top 10 richest African tribes.

Source; nigerianinfopedia.com