Hadendoa

E217267

The Hadendoa are a subgroup of the Beja people of northeastern Africa, historically known as semi-nomadic pastoralists and sometimes referred to as the "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" warriors by 19th-century British soldiers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hadendoa canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
subgroup of the Beja people ⓘ
alliedWith Mahdist forces ⓘ
colonialEraDesignation tribe ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfResidence Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
culturalSphere Horn of Africa ⓘ
encounteredBy British military expeditions in Sudan ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Beja people ⓘ
ethnicRegion Red Sea Hills ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Beja ⓘ
hairStyleDescription bushy frizzed hair ⓘ
elaborate coiffures treated with butter and clay ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
involvedInConflict Mahdist War ⓘ
Sudan campaigns of the late 19th century ⓘ
knownAs Fuzzy-Wuzzy ⓘ
knownAsBy 19th-century British soldiers ⓘ
language Beja language ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
livestockHerded camels ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
locatedIn Eritrea ⓘ
Northeastern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Africa

Red Sea coastal region ⓘ
linked to: Red Sea coast

Sudan ⓘ
mentionedIn British colonial literature ⓘ
Rudyard Kipling poem "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" ⓘ
mobilityPattern seasonal migration ⓘ
notableFor distinctive hairstyles ⓘ
resistance to colonial forces ⓘ
warrior reputation ⓘ
opposed British Empire ⓘ
Egyptian forces ⓘ
partOf Beja people ⓘ
regionType desert and semi-desert areas ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
sharesCultureWith other Beja groups ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalHousing tents ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalOccupation herding livestock ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Beja people → nativeName → Hadendoa ⓘ
Beja people → notableTribe → Hadendoa ⓘ
Beja → notableSubgroup → Hadendoa ⓘ
Bisharin → neighboringGroups → Hadendoa ⓘ
Eastern Sudan → hasEthnicGroup → Hadendoa ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Sudan
Fuzzy-Wuzzy → hasRelatedTerm → Hadendoa ⓘ
Ababda → neighboringGroups → Hadendoa ⓘ