Luba-Kasai people

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The Luba-Kasai people are a Bantu ethnic group from the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their rich cultural traditions, political history, and use of the Tshiluba language.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Luba people 9
Luba-Kasai people canonical 3
Luba group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm beadwork ⓘ
body scarification ⓘ
figure sculpture ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
stool carving ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
colonialHistory Belgian Congo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
divination ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
historicalRegion Luba Kingdom ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Tshiluba ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
migrationHistory internal migration within Congo ⓘ
musicInstrument drums ⓘ
thumb piano ⓘ
xylophone ⓘ
musicTradition drumming ⓘ
polyphonic singing ⓘ
notableResourceRegion Kasai diamond fields ⓘ
partOf Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
primaryRegion Kasai region ⓘ
region Kasai-Occidental ⓘ
linked to: Kasai region

Kasai-Oriental ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kuba people ⓘ
Luba-Katanga people ⓘ
Songye people ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalCrop cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
peanuts ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalLeadership chiefdoms ⓘ
urbanPresence Kananga ⓘ
Kinshasa ⓘ
Mbuji-Mayi ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Tshiluba → ethnicGroup → Luba-Kasai people ⓘ
Fipa → historicalInfluenceFrom → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Luba-Kasai → spokenBy → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Luba-Kasai → spokenBy → Luba-Kasai people ⓘ
Luba languages → spokenBy → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Luba languages → hasAlternativeName → Luba group ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Luba languages → associatedEthnicity → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Kasai region → ethnicGroup → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo → associatedEthnolinguisticGroup → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Luba-Kasai people → partOf → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Ciluba → usedByEthnicGroup → Luba people of Kasai ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Kasaï-Central Province → predominantEthnicGroup → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people
Kasaï-Oriental Province → ethnicGroup → Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Kasai people