Egba people

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The Egba people are a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria, historically known for their powerful kingdom and rich cultural heritage centered around the city of Abeokuta.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Egba people canonical 19
Egba culture 1
Egba ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
centeredIn Abeokuta ⓘ
colonialEraRole important intermediary between interior and coastal trade ⓘ
colonialRelationship British protectorate in the late 19th century ⓘ
composedOf Egba Ake ⓘ
Egba Gbagura ⓘ
Egba Oke-Ona ⓘ
Egba Owu ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalHeritage distinct chieftaincy titles ⓘ
distinct dialectal features within Yoruba ⓘ
palace-centered political system in Abeokuta ⓘ
culturalPractice Egungun masquerade ⓘ
Gelede masquerade ⓘ
Oro festival ⓘ
demographicStatus major Yoruba subgroup ⓘ
engagedIn agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicRelation Egbado people ⓘ
Ijebu people ⓘ
Oyo Yoruba ⓘ
ethnonym Egba ⓘ
historicalEvent founding of Abeokuta in the 19th century ⓘ
historicalKingdom Egba Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Egba kingdom
knownFor powerful precolonial kingdom ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
language Yoruba language ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba
locatedAlong Ogun River ⓘ
migratedFrom Old Oyo region ⓘ
linked to: Oyo-Ile
notableCity Abeokuta ⓘ
Ibara ⓘ
Ijemo ⓘ
partOf Ogun State ⓘ
politicalOrganization Egba United Government ⓘ
region Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Yoruba religion ⓘ
subgroupOf Yoruba people ⓘ
traditionalCapital Abeokuta ⓘ
traditionalReligionDeity Ifa ⓘ
Obatala ⓘ
linked to: Obatalá

Ogun ⓘ
Sango ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Alake of Egbaland ⓘ
useWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Abeokuta → ethnicGroup → Egba people ⓘ
Abeokuta wars → mainParticipants → Egba people ⓘ
Abeokuta wars → defenders → Egba people ⓘ
Egba chieftaincy system → appliesTo → Egba people ⓘ
Egba Ijebu → culturallyLinkedTo → Egba people ⓘ
Egba Ijebu → sharesCustomsWith → Egba people ⓘ
Egba Oke-Ona → ethnicGroupOf → Egba people ⓘ
Egba Oke-Ona → isSubgroupOf → Egba ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Egba people
Abeokuta North → sharesHistoryWith → Egba people ⓘ
Sodeke → associatedWith → Egba people ⓘ
Ake → knownFor → Egba culture ⓘ
linked to: Egba people
Egba Kingdom → dominantSubgroup → Egba people ⓘ
subject linked to: Egba kingdom
Egba territory → ethnicGroup → Egba people ⓘ
Egba territory → inhabitedBy → Egba people ⓘ
Egba territory → culturalRegionOf → Egba people ⓘ