Buduma people

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The Buduma people are an ethnic group living around Lake Chad, traditionally reliant on fishing and cattle herding, whose culture has been significantly shaped by Islam.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Buduma people canonical 3
Buduma ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alsoInCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
alternativeName Boudouma ⓘ
Boudouma people ⓘ
Yedina ⓘ
boatType reed canoe ⓘ
cattleType large-horned Kuri cattle ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
cultureInfluencedBy Islam ⓘ
economicRoleOfCattle bridewealth ⓘ
milk production ⓘ
status symbol ⓘ
environment floodplains ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
ethnonym Buduma ⓘ
inhabits Lake Chad region ⓘ
linked to: Lake Chad basin
language Buduma language ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Chadic languages ⓘ
livelihoodVulnerability Lake Chad shrinking ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
regional conflict ⓘ
neighboringGroup Hausa people ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
primaryCountry Chad ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
regionType islands of Lake Chad ⓘ
marshes of Lake Chad ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionType Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousPractice Islamic festivals ⓘ
mosque attendance ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based structure ⓘ
subsistenceStrategy fishing-based economy ⓘ
semi-nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
island agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalHousing papyrus huts ⓘ
reed huts ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam local animist beliefs ⓘ
usesAnimal Kuri cattle ⓘ
usesResource island pastures ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
reeds ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Buduma language → spokenBy → Buduma people ⓘ
Buduma language → hasSpeakerCommunity → Buduma ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Buduma people
Yedina → hasAlternativeName → Buduma people ⓘ