Jukun people

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The Jukun people are an ethnic group of central Nigeria, historically associated with the Kwararafa confederacy and known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional religious practices.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jukun people canonical 4
Jukunoid peoples 1
Mumuye people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
artForm mask making
ritual sculpture
wood carving
associatedWith Kwararafa confederacy
continent Africa
country Nigeria
culturalPractice age-grade associations
initiation rites
masquerade performances
ethnolinguisticGroup Jukunoid peoples
linked to: Jukun people
historicalCapital Wukari
historicalConflict Tiv–Jukun conflicts
historicalInfluence Gongola valley
linked to: Gongola River

Lower Taraba valley
linked to: Taraba River

Middle Benue valley
linked to: Benue River
historicalPeriod precolonial Nigeria
language Jukun language
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages
Jukunoid languages
Niger–Congo languages
mainCrops cassava
maize
millet
sorghum
yam
neighboringGroups Chamba people
Fulani people
linked to: Fulani

Hausa people
Kuteb people
linked to: Kilba people

Mumuye people
Tiv people
politicalOrganization centralized kingdom
sacred monarchy
primaryLocation Adamawa State
Bauchi State
Benue State
FCT Abuja
Gombe State
linked to: Gombe

Kogi State
Nasarawa State
Plateau State
Taraba State
region Central Nigeria
religion Christianity
Islam
riverProximity Benue River
Taraba River
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
sacred kingship
spirit worship
traditionalEconomy farming
fishing
riverine trade
traditionalReligion Jukun traditional religion
traditionalRulerTitle Aku Uka
traditionalState Wukari Federation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Middle Belt ethnicDiversityIncludes Jukun people
Middle Belt ethnicDiversityIncludes Mumuye people
linked to: Jukun people
Tiv people neighboringEthnicGroups Jukun people
North East Nigeria hasEthnicGroup Jukun people
Jukun people ethnolinguisticGroup Jukunoid peoples
linked to: Jukun people
Central Nigeria ethnicDiversity Jukun people