Wolof people

E756905

The Wolof people are a major West African ethnic group primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, known for their rich cultural traditions, influential language, and significant contributions to music and Islamic scholarship.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Wolof people canonical 27
Wolof 2
Wolof cultural area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
climateRegion Sahel ⓘ
Sudan-Sahel zone ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
colonialHistory French West Africa ⓘ
contribution Islamic scholarship in Senegambia ⓘ
development of Senegalese popular music ⓘ
spread of Wolof as a lingua franca in Senegal ⓘ
culture Wolof cuisine ⓘ
Wolof dance ⓘ
Wolof music ⓘ
Wolof oral tradition ⓘ
Wolof textile arts ⓘ
linked to: West African art
demographicSignificance largest ethnic group in Senegal ⓘ
one of the largest ethnic groups in The Gambia ⓘ
diaspora France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
educationTradition Quranic schools (daaras) ⓘ
ethnonym Wolof ⓘ
famousPerson Cheikh Anta Diop ⓘ
Serigne Touba (Cheikh Amadou Bamba) ⓘ
linked to: Amadu Bamba

Youssou N'Dour ⓘ
linked to: Youssou N’Dour
historicalState Baol ⓘ
Cayor ⓘ
Jolof Empire ⓘ
linked to: Wolof Empire

Sine-Saloum region polities ⓘ
linked to: Sine-Saloum region

Walo ⓘ
language Wolof language ⓘ
linked to: Wolof
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Senegambian languages ⓘ
linguaFrancaIn Senegal ⓘ
majorSufiOrder Mouride brotherhood ⓘ
Tijaniyya ⓘ
musicGenre mbalax ⓘ
nativeName Wolof ⓘ
notableDish ceebu jën ⓘ
yassa ⓘ
primaryCountry Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Fula people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Lebou people ⓘ
Serer people ⓘ
religion Sufism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialValue teranga (hospitality) ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
artisanal crafts ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalUnit Kingdom of Jolof ⓘ
linked to: Jolof Kingdoms
traditionalReligion Wolof traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalSocialClass geer (freeborn nobles) ⓘ
jaam (slaves) ⓘ
ñeeño (artisan castes) ⓘ
urbanConcentration Dakar ⓘ
Saint-Louis ⓘ
Touba ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Youssou N’Dour → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Thiam → usedByEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Senegambia → majorEthnicGroups → Wolof ⓘ
linked to: Wolof people
Lambaye → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Buurba Jolof → usedByEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Buurba Jolof → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Wolof ⓘ
linked to: Wolof people
Baol → partOf → Wolof cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Wolof people
Baol → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Walo → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Ndiadiane Ndiaye → associatedWith → Wolof people ⓘ
Portudal → associatedWith → Wolof people ⓘ
Joal → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Podor, Senegal → ethnicGroupPresent → Wolof people ⓘ
Cayor → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Jolof Kingdoms → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Saloum → hasEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Saloum → partOf → Wolof cultural sphere ⓘ
linked to: Wolof people
Fatou → commonInCommunity → Wolof people ⓘ
Ndar → usedByLanguageCommunity → Wolof people ⓘ
Ndar → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Wolof people ⓘ
Ndar → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Diop → isCommonInEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Ziguinchor → hasEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Kolda, Senegal → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
African diaspora in Louisiana → ethnicOrigin → Wolof peoples ⓘ
linked to: Wolof people
Lebou → neighboringEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Khadimou Rassoul Cheikh Fall → ethnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
subject linked to: Khadimou
Jallow → usedByEthnicGroup → Wolof people ⓘ
Western Gambia → ethnicGroupPresent → Wolof people ⓘ
subject linked to: western Gambia
mbalax → culturalOrigin → Wolof people ⓘ