The Serer, or Sérère, are one of the largest peoples of Senegal, the third most numerous after the Wolof and the Fula, and are found also in the Gambia and

On the broad plateau of eastern Myanmar live the Shan, a Tai people and close kin of the Thai and the Lao, the largest minority in the country after the

The Shilha, also called Chleuh, are a Berber people of southern Morocco, the largest of all the Amazigh communities of the country. Numbering some millions, they inhabit the fertile Souss

The Shilluk, who call themselves the Chollo, are a Luo people of South Sudan, living along the west bank of the White Nile in the Upper Nile region around the

The Sidama are a Highland East Cushitic people of southern Ethiopia, one of the larger nations of the country, numbering several million and concentrated around the city of Hawassa. They

Scattered in pockets across Gujarat, Karnataka, and around Hyderabad live the Siddi, one of the most remarkable communities of India: a people of African descent, rooted for centuries in the

From the fertile plains of the Punjab, the land of five rivers, come the Sikhs, followers of one of the world’s major religions and one of the most distinctive communities

On the tropical island of Sri Lanka, off the southern tip of India, live the Sinhalese, the great majority people of the nation and heirs to one of Asia’s oldest

Scattered across the warm seas east of New Guinea lie the Solomon Islands, a Melanesian nation of rugged, forested islands and coral lagoons. Home to some seventy languages, their people

The Soninke, also called Sarakole or Serahuli, are a Mande people of the western Sahel, spread across Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia and neighbouring countries. Numbering some two million or