1 africa 1.1 kenya 1.2 nigeria 1.3 south africa africa most countries in sub-saharan africa former colonies and, such, not drawn along national lines, making them multinational states. kenya kenya home more 70 ethnic groups, populous of kikuyu, @ 20 percent of population. together, 5 largest groups—the kikuyu, luo, luhya, kamba, , kalenjin—account 70 percent of kenyans. nigeria the largest nation in nigeria hausa-fulani, accounts 29 percent of country s population. however, group encompasses 2 distinct ethnicities: hausa , fulani (or fulbe). while both ethnicities found in large areas of west africa, in nigeria classified single ethnic group political expediency. south africa present-day south africa successor state union of south africa, formed 4 british colonies in 1910. south africa has eleven official languages (afrikaans, english, ndebele, pedi, sotho, swazi, tsonga, tswana, venda, xhosa, , zulu) , formally recognizes several other languages spoken minority nations. speakers of ea...