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Africa
Caste discrimination is widespread in parts of Sahelian Africa and particularly amongst certain communities in West Africa, as well as amongst the Somali and Ethiopian populations.
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Asia
India's caste system finds corollaries in other parts of the sub-continent, including Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Discrimination against Buraku, sometimes known as eta persists in Japan.
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