Nyakyusa

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The Nyakyusa are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern shores of Lake Malawi in southern Tanzania, known for their intensive agriculture and distinctive age-village social system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nyakyusa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalTechnique intensive hoe cultivation ⓘ
manuring of fields ⓘ
terracing on slopes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nkonde ⓘ
Nyakyusa-Ngonde ⓘ
linked to: Nyakyusa language
colonialHistory British Tanganyika ⓘ
German East Africa ⓘ
country Malawi ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade ceremonies ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
dance communal dances at ceremonies ⓘ
descentSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
economicActivity cattle keeping ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania ⓘ
geographicFeature Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Lake Malawi ⓘ
housing compounds with separate huts ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
livelihood smallholder farming ⓘ
mainCrops bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
marriagePattern patrilocal residence ⓘ
music drum-based dance music ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Kingoni ⓘ
Ndali ⓘ
Ngonde ⓘ
Sukwa ⓘ
notableAnthropologist Monica Wilson ⓘ
oralTradition clan histories ⓘ
primaryRegion northern shores of Lake Malawi ⓘ
southern Tanzania ⓘ
region Kyela District ⓘ
Mbeya Region ⓘ
Rungwe District ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialOrganization age sets ⓘ
age-village system ⓘ
speaks Nyakyusa language ⓘ
studiedInWork Good Company: A Study of Nyakyusa Age-Villages ⓘ
traditionalBeliefs ancestor veneration ⓘ
spirit beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence intensive agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Fipa → neighboringEthnicGroup → Nyakyusa ⓘ
Kyela → languageSpoken → Nyakyusa ⓘ