Eket people

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The Eket people are a coastal ethnic group of Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State, known for their rich cultural traditions, oil-producing homeland, and close linguistic and historical ties to the Ibibio.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eket people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternateName Ekid ⓘ
Ekid people ⓘ
areCoastalPeople true ⓘ
areMinorityGroupInNigeria true ⓘ
areOilProducingPeople true ⓘ
arePartOf Ibibio-Efik ethnic cluster ⓘ
linked to: Ibibio-Efik cluster

Lower Cross River peoples ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ibibio people ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countrySubdivision South South Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
masquerade traditions ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
culturalRegion Ibibio cultural area ⓘ
haveClanSystem true ⓘ
historicalRelation Ibibio people ⓘ
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
linguisticRelation Ibibio language ⓘ
liveIn coastal lowlands ⓘ
creek areas ⓘ
riverine settlements ⓘ
localGovernmentAreaNamedAfter Eket ⓘ
locatedInOilProducingRegion true ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
practice age-grade system ⓘ
primaryLocation Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
region Niger Delta ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
speak Eket language ⓘ
Ekid language ⓘ
linked to: Eket language
stateInNigeria Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
traditionalArtForm mask making ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalDance communal dances ⓘ
traditionalMusic choral singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trading ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village councils of elders ⓘ
useWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Ibibio people → relatedEthnicGroup → Eket people ⓘ
Eket language → spokenBy → Eket people ⓘ
Eket language → ethnicity → Eket people ⓘ
Ekid → alternateName → Eket people ⓘ
Lower Cross River peoples → includes → Eket people ⓘ