Teke group

E853706

The Teke group is a cluster of closely related Bantu-speaking ethnic communities in Central Africa, primarily in the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Label Occurrences
Teke group canonical 2

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu-speaking people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm mask-making ⓘ
ritual sculpture ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
colonialHistory French colonial rule in Central Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
crop cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
culturalArea Western Bantu cultural zone ⓘ
environment savanna-forest mosaic ⓘ
tropical forest ⓘ
ethnicCategory Bantu peoples ⓘ
Congo ethnic groups ⓘ
Gabon ethnic groups ⓘ
ethnolinguisticCluster cluster of closely related Bantu-speaking communities ⓘ
historicalRegion Congo Basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest
languageBranch Teke languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
notableArtifactType Teke masks ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
subsistenceType small-scale farming ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
usesLanguage Teke languages ⓘ

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