Eleme

E288438

Eleme are an ethnic subgroup of the Ogoni people in Nigeria’s Rivers State, known for their distinct language and culture within the Niger Delta region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eleme canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
subgroup of the Ogoni people ⓘ
administrativeAreaWithin Eleme Local Government Area ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Ogoni ⓘ
linked to: Ogoni people
hasCulturalPractice age-grade system ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Niger Delta ⓘ
hasCulture Eleme culture ⓘ
hasDistinctIdentityFrom other Ogoni subgroups ⓘ
hasDistinctLanguageFrom other Ogoni languages ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity artisanal crafts ⓘ
farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trading ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalContext oil-producing Niger Delta ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue land degradation ⓘ
oil pollution ⓘ
hasEthnicIdentity Eleme people ⓘ
hasLanguage Eleme language ⓘ
hasNeighboringEthnicGroup Ijaw people ⓘ
Ikwerre people ⓘ
other Ogoni communities ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
hasSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
extended families ⓘ
hasTerritory Eleme Local Government Area ⓘ
hasTraditionalCrop cassava ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
yam ⓘ
hasTraditionalFood cassava-based dishes ⓘ
yam-based dishes ⓘ
hasTraditionalLeadership council of chiefs ⓘ
village heads ⓘ
hasTraditionalOccupation subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasTraditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Cross River languages ⓘ
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
partOf Ogoni people ⓘ
region South–South Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: South-South Nigeria
stateCapitalNearest Port Harcourt ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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