Jola people

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The Jola people are an ethnic group of West Africa, primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their rice cultivation, rich musical traditions, and distinct languages within the Bak branch of the Niger-Congo family.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jola people canonical 17
Diola people 2
Diola (Jola) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalSpecialty wetland rice farming ⓘ
artForm mask making ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
culturalPractice initiation rites ⓘ
masked dances ⓘ
spirit shrine worship ⓘ
demographicStatus minority ethnic group in Senegal ⓘ
significant ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
significant ethnic group in The Gambia ⓘ
economicActivity groundnut cultivation ⓘ
knownFor complex drum music ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
rich musical traditions ⓘ
language Jola-Bandial ⓘ
Jola-Bliss ⓘ
Jola-Fonyi ⓘ
linked to: Jola

Jola-Karon ⓘ
linked to: Jola

Jola-Kasa ⓘ
linked to: Jola
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Bak languages ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth payments ⓘ
musicGenre traditional Jola drumming ⓘ
musicInstrument balafon ⓘ
drums ⓘ
ekonting ⓘ
primaryResidence Casamance region ⓘ
linked to: Casamance

Lower Gambia region ⓘ
linked to: Gambia River region

northern Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Balanta people ⓘ
Manjaku people ⓘ
Pepel people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialOrganization age-grade systems ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
subsistenceActivity fishing ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
palm wine tapping ⓘ
traditionalHousing compounds with thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation rice cultivation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

J. David Sapir → hasEthnicFocus → Jola people ⓘ
Casamance → hasEthnicGroup → Diola people ⓘ
linked to: Jola people
Casamance → hasEthnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
Jola language → ethnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
subject linked to: Jola
Jola language → primarySpeakers → Jola people ⓘ
subject linked to: Jola
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Jola people ⓘ
Pierre Goudiaby Atepa → hasEthnicGroup → Diola (Jola) ⓘ
linked to: Jola people
Bak languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Jola people ⓘ
Oussouye → ethnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
Diola culture → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Diola people ⓘ
linked to: Jola people
Diola culture → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Jola people ⓘ
Jola languages → spokenBy → Jola people ⓘ
subject linked to: Jola (Diola) language
Jola languages → ethnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
subject linked to: Jola (Diola) language
Jola-Fonyi language → spokenBy → Jola people ⓘ
subject linked to: Jola (Diola) language
Kolda, Senegal → ethnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
Jola-Bandial → spokenBy → Jola people ⓘ
Joola → spokenBy → Jola people ⓘ
Joola → ethnicGroupAssociated → Jola people ⓘ
Dyola → spokenBy → Jola people ⓘ
Dyola → hasEthnicAssociation → Jola ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Jola people