Bapedi

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Bapedi are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group of South Africa known for their rich cultural traditions, including distinctive music, dance, and chieftaincy structures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bapedi canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sotho-Tswana people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
colonialEraConflict South African Republic ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Northern Sotho people ⓘ
hasChieftaincyStructure hereditary chieftaincy ⓘ
paramount chieftaincy ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized traditional community in South Africa ⓘ
historicalActivity iron smelting ⓘ
trading with neighboring groups ⓘ
initiationPractice female initiation schools ⓘ
male initiation schools ⓘ
knownFor chieftaincy structures ⓘ
distinctive music ⓘ
rich cultural traditions ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
language Sepedi ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Sotho-Tswana languages ⓘ
mainRiverRegion Olifants River ⓘ
Steelpoort River ⓘ
notableLeader Sekhukhune I ⓘ
Thulare I ⓘ
partOf Northern Sotho ethnic cluster ⓘ
region Gauteng Province ⓘ
linked to: Gauteng

Limpopo Province ⓘ
Mpumalanga Province ⓘ
linked to: Mpumalanga
relatedEthnicGroup Bakwena ⓘ
Bapulana ⓘ
Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people

Batswana ⓘ
linked to: Motswana
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
riteOfPassage circumcision schools ⓘ
socialOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
lineages ⓘ
traditionalCapital Sekhukhuneland ⓘ
traditionalDance kiba dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Sekhukhuneland ⓘ
traditionalInstrument dipela (lamellophone) ⓘ
meropa (drums) ⓘ
traditionalLeaderTitle Kgoshi ⓘ
Kgosi ⓘ
traditionalMusic kiba ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Mosotho → sharesHeritageWith → Bapedi ⓘ
Pedi people → alsoKnownAs → Bapedi ⓘ
Sekhukhune I → ethnicity → Bapedi ⓘ
Marota Empire → hasPeople → Bapedi ⓘ
Thulare I → ethnicIdentity → Bapedi ⓘ
Mampuru II → people → Bapedi ⓘ