Kalabari people

E351226

The Kalabari people are an Ijaw ethnic group of the Niger Delta region in Nigeria, known for their riverine trading heritage, elaborate masquerades, and rich artistic and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kalabari people canonical 7
Kalabari 6
Kalabari Ijaw 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ijaw subgroup ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm canoe decoration ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
textile arts ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade associations ⓘ
ancestral veneration ⓘ
masquerade performances ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Niger Delta ⓘ
environment mangrove swamp ⓘ
riverine ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Nigeria ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Niger–Congo peoples ⓘ
linked to: African peoples
hasSettlement Abonnema ⓘ
Bakana ⓘ
Buguma ⓘ
Degema area ⓘ
Tombia ⓘ
hasTitle Amanyanabo (king) ⓘ
historicalActivity Atlantic trade ⓘ
middleman trade between hinterland and coast ⓘ
palm oil trade ⓘ
knownFor cultural festivals ⓘ
elaborate masquerades ⓘ
rich artistic traditions ⓘ
riverine trading heritage ⓘ
language Kalabari language ⓘ
languageFamily Ijaw languages ⓘ
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
neighboringGroups Ikwerre people ⓘ
Ogoni people ⓘ
other Ijaw groups ⓘ
partOf Ijaw people ⓘ
primaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
region Niger Delta region ⓘ
linked to: Niger Delta
traditionalOccupation canoe transport ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trading ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalStructure chieftaincy system ⓘ
council of chiefs ⓘ
traditionalReligion Ijaw traditional religion ⓘ
uses canoes ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script for Kalabari language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Rivers State Museum → subject → Kalabari people ⓘ
Ijaw people → majorSubgroup → Kalabari Ijaw ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Boma Ijaw → relatedGroup → Kalabari Ijaw ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Ikwerre people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Kalabari people ⓘ
subject linked to: Ikwere
Okrika Ijaw → sharesAncestryWith → Kalabari Ijaw ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Western Ijaw → relatedGroup → Kalabari Ijaw ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Kalabari language → spokenBy → Kalabari people ⓘ
Kalabari language → ethnicGroup → Kalabari people ⓘ
Kalabari language → glottologName → Kalabari ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Ijoid → hasLanguage → Kalabari ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Kalabari Ijo → spokenBy → Kalabari people ⓘ
Kalabari Ijo → ethnicGroup → Kalabari people ⓘ
Kalabari Ijo → hasAlternativeName → Kalabari ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Ijoid family → hasLanguage → Kalabari ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
South-South zone → ethnicGroup → Kalabari ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people
Lower Cross → hasMemberLanguage → Kalabari ⓘ
linked to: Kalabari people