Konkomba people

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The Konkomba people are an ethnic group in West Africa, primarily known as agrarian communities living in northern Ghana and neighboring Togo with distinct Gur-related language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Konkomba 6
Konkomba people canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alternativeName Likpakpaln people ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
countryRegion Chereponi District ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ
Oti Region of Ghana ⓘ
Saboba District ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade associations ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
traditional drumming and dance ⓘ
demographicStatus one of the larger ethnic groups in northern Ghana ⓘ
economicActivity agrarian communities ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Gur peoples ⓘ
housingType compounds with multiple huts ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
language Konkomba language ⓘ
languageFamily Gur languages ⓘ
Gur-related language ⓘ
livestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
poultry ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Bimoba people ⓘ
Dagomba people ⓘ
Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Nanumba people ⓘ
primaryRegion Northern Ghana ⓘ
Northern Togo ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
selfDesignation Likpakpaln ⓘ
socialOrganization segmentary lineage system ⓘ
stapleCrop cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalAuthority chiefs ⓘ
earth priests ⓘ
elders ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oti Region → hasEthnicGroup → Konkomba people ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana → ethnicGroup → Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Konkomba people
Dagbani → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Konkomba people
Konkomba language → spokenBy → Konkomba people ⓘ
Konkomba language → hasAlternativeName → Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Konkomba people
Konkomba language → glottologName → Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Konkomba people
Konkomba language → ethnicity → Konkomba people ⓘ
Nanumba → neighboringEthnicGroup → Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Konkomba people
Nawuri people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Konkomba people ⓘ
Oti–Volta → hasLanguage → Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Konkomba people
Savannah Region, Ghana → hasEthnicGroup → Konkomba people ⓘ