Kalabari people

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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 4
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 NERFINISHED
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 (15)

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