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Mention a few Pastoral communities in Africa.

There are over 22 million Africans depending on some form of pastoral activity or other for their livelihood, till today. Some of the Pastoral communities in Africa are :-
* Bedouins
* Berbers
* Maasai
* Somali * Boran  * Turkana Most of them now live in the semi-dry grasslands or deserts where rain fed agriculture is difficult.

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