Mamprusi

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The Mamprusi are a major Gur-speaking ethnic group of northern Ghana and parts of neighboring countries, known for their centralized chieftaincy system and rich traditions in agriculture, oral history, and Islam.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mamprusi canonical 8
Mamprugu 2
Konkomba 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gur-speaking people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForms dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
woven textiles ⓘ
clanSystem segmentary lineages ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalHeritage oral tradition ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Burkina Faso ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
northern Ghana ⓘ
hasChieftaincySystem centralized ⓘ
hasRulerTitle Nayiri ⓘ
hasSubChiefs divisional chiefs ⓘ
village chiefs ⓘ
historicalInfluence pre-colonial northern Ghana politics ⓘ
inheritanceRule patrilineal inheritance ⓘ
languageFamily Gur languages ⓘ
livelihood animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
mainCrops groundnut ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yam ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Dagomba ⓘ
Frafra ⓘ
Kusasi ⓘ
Mossi ⓘ
politicalStructure hierarchical chiefdoms ⓘ
primaryLanguage Mampruli ⓘ
region North East Region of Ghana ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups Dagomba ⓘ
Mossi ⓘ
Nanumba ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialOrganization patrilineal ⓘ
traditionalCapital Nalerigu ⓘ
traditionalKingdom Mamprugu ⓘ
linked to: Mamprusi
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor veneration ⓘ
earth shrines ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Northern Region → hasEthnicGroup → Konkomba ⓘ
linked to: Mamprusi
Mampruli language → ethnicGroup → Mamprusi ⓘ
Mampruli language → associatedWith → Mamprugu traditional area ⓘ
linked to: Mamprusi
Mamprusi → traditionalKingdom → Mamprugu ⓘ
linked to: Mamprusi
Bawku → hasEthnicGroup → Mamprusi ⓘ
North East Region of Ghana → hasTraditionalArea → Mamprugu ⓘ
linked to: Mamprusi