Kerewe

E725057

The Kerewe are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily living on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania, known for their fishing traditions and distinctive cultural practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kerewe canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedBodyOfWater Lake Victoria ⓘ
colonialHistory British Tanganyika ⓘ
German East Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
countrySubdivision Mwanza Region ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kerewe people ⓘ
hasArtForm dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
ritual sculpture ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ancestral veneration ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
spirit possession rituals ⓘ
hasIslandTerritory Ukerewe Island ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
locatedIn Lake Victoria ⓘ
northwestern Tanzania ⓘ
modernState United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania
neighboringEthnicGroups Haya ⓘ
Jita ⓘ
Sukuma ⓘ
Zanaki ⓘ
primaryLocation Ukerewe Island ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
speaks Kerewe language ⓘ
subsistencePattern fishing-based economy ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestral spirits ⓘ
lake spirits ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
lake transport ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalLeadership chiefs ⓘ
uses dugout canoes ⓘ
usesFishingGear hooks ⓘ
nets ⓘ
traps ⓘ

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