Fon people

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The Fon people are a major West African ethnic group primarily found in present-day Benin, known for their historical role in powerful precolonial states, rich religious traditions including Vodun, and vibrant artistic and cultural heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Fon people canonical 40
Fon culture 1
Fon peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm appliqué textiles ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
royal palace bas-reliefs ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
capitalCityOfHistoricalState Abomey ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into French West Africa ⓘ
country Benin ⓘ
culturalInfluence influenced Afro-Brazilian Candomblé ⓘ
influenced Cuban Santería ⓘ
influenced Haitian Vodou ⓘ
danceTradition ritual dances ⓘ
endonym Fon ⓘ
ethnographicRegion West Africa ⓘ
historicalPractice participation in Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
historicalState Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
language Fon language ⓘ
languageFamily Gbe languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorReligionToday Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Vodun ⓘ
modernState Republic of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Benin
musicalTradition call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ensembles ⓘ
pantheon Hevioso ⓘ
Legba ⓘ
linked to: Elegguá

Mawu-Lisa ⓘ
Sakpata ⓘ
precolonialRole ruling elite of Dahomey ⓘ
primaryLocation southern Benin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Aja people ⓘ
Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Gun people ⓘ
royalInstitution Amazons of Dahomey ⓘ
linked to: Dahomey Amazons
significantPopulationIn Ghana ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
socialOrganization lineage-based clans ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
traditionalCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
oil palm ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalReligion Vodun ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
spirit possession cults ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (42)

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

Kingdom of Dahomey → ethnicBase → Fon people ⓘ
Fon language → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Fon language → associatedWith → Fon culture ⓘ
linked to: Fon people
Vodun → associatedEthnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Fon → primaryEthnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Royal Palaces of Abomey → builtBy → Fon people ⓘ
Abomey → hasEthnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Candomblé → hasCulturalOrigin → Fon people ⓘ
Egun → sharesCulturalHeritageWith → Fon people ⓘ
King Ghezo → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
King Béhanzin → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Dahomey Amazons → culture → Fon people ⓘ
King Agaja → ethnicContext → Fon people ⓘ
King Glele → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Kpase → spokenBy → Fon people ⓘ
Kpase → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Gbekon → spokenBy → Fon people ⓘ
Weme → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Gen people → relatedEthnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Gun people → relatedEthnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Gun people → hasCulturalTiesWith → Fon people ⓘ
Mawu → culture → Fon people ⓘ
Mawu-Lisa → culture → Fon people ⓘ
hounon → culture → Fon people ⓘ
Fongbe → usedByEthnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Aja → influenced → Fon people ⓘ
Aja → ethnogenesisRelatedTo → Fon people ⓘ
Houegbadja → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Behanzin → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Agaja → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Aja people → relatedEthnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
African diaspora in Louisiana → ethnicOrigin → Fon peoples ⓘ
linked to: Fon people
Mina people → relatedGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Parakou → ethnicGroup → Fon people ⓘ
Fon religion → practicedBy → Fon people ⓘ