Chamba people

E341600

The Chamba people are an ethnic group of Central and West Africa, primarily found in eastern Nigeria and northwestern Cameroon, known for their distinct language, traditional religious practices, and rich artistic heritage.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chamba people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
artMotif animal forms ⓘ
stylized human heads ⓘ
artStyle abstract anthropomorphic figures ⓘ
helmet masks ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
countrySubregion Adamawa State ⓘ
Northwest Region of Cameroon ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
crop cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yams ⓘ
culturalArea Benue Valley ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Chamba Daka ⓘ
Chamba Leko ⓘ
linked to: Chamba
geographicFeature Benue River region ⓘ
knownFor bronze and ironwork ⓘ
rich artistic heritage ⓘ
ritual masks ⓘ
wood sculpture ⓘ
language Chamba language ⓘ
languageFamily Adamawa languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
livestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
materialCulture iron weapons ⓘ
ritual stools ⓘ
wooden masks ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Bali people ⓘ
linked to: Balinese people

Fulani people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Mumuye people ⓘ
primaryLocation eastern Nigeria ⓘ
northwestern Cameroon ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialOrganization segmentary lineage system ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
ritual masquerades ⓘ
spirit cults ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Jukun people → neighboringGroups → Chamba people ⓘ
Chamba → ethnolinguisticGroup → Chamba people ⓘ
Mumuye people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Chamba people ⓘ