Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities

(List is not final and is subject to change prior to publication.)

Biographies

Achebe, Chinua (Nigerian)
Adams, Gerry (Northern Ireland Catholic)
Aga Khan (Ismaili)
Ali, Muhammad (African-American)
Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (Dalit)
Arafat, Yasser (Palestinian)
Bhindranwale, Jarnail Sant (India-Sikh)
Bonner, Neville Thomas (Aborigine)
Césaire, Aimé (Martiniquais)
Chavez, Cesar (Mexican-American)
Dalai Lama (Tibetan)
De Klerk, F.W. (Afrikaner)
Du Bois, W.E.B. (African-American)
Fanon, Frantz Omar (Algerian)
Farrakhan, Louis (African-American)
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (India)
Garang, John (Sudanese)
Garvey, Marcus (Jamaican)
Gheorghe, Nicolae (Roma Romania)
Grant, Bernie (United Kingdom)
Guillen, Nicolas (Cuban)
Hall, Stuart (United Kingdom Afro-Caribbean)
Hamer, Fannie Lou (African-American)
hooks, bell (African-American)
Hume, John (Northern Ireland Catholic)
Jackson, Jesse (African-American)
James, C.L.R. (Trinidadian)
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali (Pakistani)
Jordan, Barbara (African-American)
Katari, Tupac (Aymaran)
King, Martin Luther Jr. (African-American)
Le Pen, Jean Marie (French)
Levesque, Rene
Luthuli, Albert (South African)
Mabo, Edward (Torres Strait Islander, Australia)
Malcolm X (African-American)
Mandela, Nelson (South African)
Marcos, Subcomandante (Amerindian)
Marley, Bob (Jamaican)
Menchú, Rigoberta (Amerindian)
Morrison, Toni (African-American)
Muhammad, Elijah (African-American)
Nasser, Gamal Abdel (Egyptian)
Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenyan)
Ocalan, Abdullah (Kurd)
Parnell, Charles Stewart (Irish)
Peltier, Leonard (Amerindian)
Pope Shenouda III (Coptic Christian)
Prabhakaran, Vellupillai (Sri Lanka-Tamil)
Ramos-Horta, José (East Timor)
Rugova, Ibrahim (Albanian)
Saro-Wiwa, Ken (Ogoni Nigerian)
Selassie, Haile (Ethiopian)
Senghor, Leopold (Senegalese)
Silva, Benedita da (Afro-Brazilian)
Singh, Tara (Sikh)
Tiruchelvam, Neelan (Tamil-Sri Lanka)
Trimble, David (Northern Ireland)
Tutu, Desmond (South African)
Washington, Booker T. (African-American)
Wright, Richard (African-American)
Zana, Leila (Kurd)

Groups

Aborigines
Acehnese
Afar
Africans: Overview
Africans: Europe
Afrikaners
Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Caribbeans
Afro-Cubans
Afro-Latin Americans
Ahmadiyas
Ainu
Alawis
Albanians
Alevis
Alsatians
Altai (Altaians)
Americo-Liberians
Amerindians: (North America)
Amerindians: (South and Central America)
Amish
Andhras
Annobonés
Anuak
Arab-Americans
Arabs: North African
Arabs: Palestinians
Arakanese
Armenians
Arvanites
Asians in Latin America
Assamese
Assyrians
Avars
Aymara
Ayta
Azerbaijani
Bai
Bai
Bakhtyari
Baluchis
Bantu
Bariba
Bashkir
Basques
Batak
Belarusians
Bengalis
Berbers
Bertha
Bihari
Bilin
Bororo
Bretons
Bubi
Buddhists
Burakumin
Buriats
Catalans
Catholics in Northern Ireland
Cham
Chechens
Chin
Chinese in Australia
Chinese-Americans
Chittagong Hill Tribes
Christians: Overview
Christians: Africa
Chuvash
Circassians
Coptic Christians
Corsicans
Croats
Cuban-Americans
Dagestanis
Dai (Tai)
Damara
Dayaks
Diola (Joola)
Dogri
Dong
Druze
Dukhobors
English
Ethiopian Jewry (Falasha)
Euronesians
Europeans: Overview
Ewe
Finns
French
Frisians
Friulians
Fulani
Gagauz (Christianized Turks)
Garifuna
Germans
Greeks
Gujaratis
Gurage
Gurma
Hakka Chinese
Hani
Harari (Adare)
Hausa
Hawaiians (Indigenous)
Hindus
Hmong
Homosexuality and Minority Status
Hong Kong Chinese
Hui
Hungarians
Igorot
Immigrant Workers in Arab States
Indonesians
Iranians
Ismailis
Italians
Jains
Japanese-Americans
Kabards
Kachin (Jingpo)
Kadazan-Dasun
Kalmyk
Kannadigas
Karachai
Karakalpaks
Karen
Kashmiri
Kayapo
Kazaks
Khakass
Khmer
Komi
Koreans
Kurds
Kyrgyz
Lao-Tai
Lao-Theung
Latin Americans
Lebanese
Lithuanians
Lurs
Macedonians
Maharashtrains
Malays
Manchu
Mande
Mari
Maroons (Bush Negroes)
Mazandarani
Melanesians
Mexican-Americans
Miao (Hmong)
Minangkabau
Mohajirs
Monegasque
Mongols
Montagnards
Montenegrins
Mordovans
Moro
Mossi
Mulattos (South Africa Coloureds)
Muslims in Africa
Muslims in Europe
Muslims in South Asia
Muslims in the Americas
Muslims: Shi'a in Sunni Countries
Muslims: Sunni in Shi'a Countries
Ndebele
Negritos
Nepalese
Occitans
Okinawans
Orang Asli
Ovambo
Pacific Islanders
Parsis
Pashtuns (Pathans)
Poles
Pomaks
Puerto Rican-Americans
Punjabi
Quebecois
Quechua
Rajasthanis
Rashaida
Rastafari
Roma (Gypsies)
Romansh
Russians
Saami
Sakha (Yakut)
San (Bushman)
Scots
Semang
Serbs
Shan
Shor
Siberian Indigenus Peoples
Sikhs
Sindhis
Slovaks
Somalis
Songhai-Zerma
Soninke
Sorbs
South Asian--Americans (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)
South Asians in Asia and the Pacific
South Asians in Europe
South Asians in the Americas (non-U.S.)
Southeast-Asian-Americans (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia)
Swedish-Speakers
T'u-chia
T'ung
Taiwan's Indigenous Peoples
Tajiks
Tamils
Tatars
Tharu
Tibetans
Tigre
Tofa
Toraja
Torres Strait Islanders
Travelers (Irish Nomads)
Tribes--India (Adivasis/Scheduled Tribes)
Tuareg
Turkmen
Turks
Tutsi
Tuvans
Twa
Tyrolese German-speakers
Udmurts
Ukrainians
Ulster Irish
Untouchables (Harijans/Dalits/Scheduled Castes)
Uygurs (Uigurs)
Uzbeks
Vietnamese
Vlachs
Wales
Walloons
Wolof
Yanomami
Yao
Yi
Yoruba
Yugoslavs (Southern Slavs)
Zhuang (Chuang)
Zoroastrians

Nations

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo Republic
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakstan
Kenya
Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Paulau
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tomé and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Topics

Affirmative Action
Africa: A Continent of Minorities?
African-American Nationalism and Separatism
Afrocentricity
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Anti-Semitism
Apartheid
Assam Movement
Assimilation
Autonomy
Bilingualism
Civil War, United States
Colonialism
Creole (mixed-origin minorities)
Critical Race Theory
Culture: Minority Influences on the Majority
Diaspora
Diaspora: African
Diaspora: Chinese
Diaspora: Indian
Education Rights
Environmental Racism
Equal Opportunity
Ethnic Conflict
Exchange of Population
Federalism
Gender and Minority Status
Genocide
Globalization and Minority Cultures
Human and Minority Rights Organizations
Human Rights
Immigration
Imperialism
Indigenous Peoples
Integration
International Conventions
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
Internet and Minorities
Irish Republican Army
Languages, Disappearing
League of Nations and Minorities
Melting Pot vs. Ethnic Stew
Migrations
Minorities and Language
Minority Rights Group International
Miscegenation
Model Minority
Moro National Liberation Front
Multiculturalism
Multiethnic State
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Nationalism
OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Police Bias, Incidents of
Political Participation
Population Shifts
Race
Racism
Refugees
Religion vs. Ethnicity
Religious Nationalism
Religious Separatism
Secession
Self-Determination
Sexuality
Sinn Fein
Slavery
Subcommission: Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Tamil Tigers
United Nations and Minorities
United Nations Declaration on Minorities
United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations
United Nations Working Group on Minorities
White Australia Policy (1901-1973)