El Molo community

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The El Molo community is one of Kenya’s smallest and traditionally fishing-dependent Indigenous groups, living along the shores of Lake Turkana.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
El Molo community canonical 1
Elmolo community 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWaterBody Lake Turkana ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
countryGovernment Government of Kenya ⓘ
ethnicCategory Nilotic–Cushitic contact group ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup El Molo people ⓘ
facesChallenge climate change impacts on fisheries ⓘ
economic marginalization ⓘ
environmental degradation of Lake Turkana ⓘ
loss of traditional language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Elmolo community ⓘ
linked to: El Molo community

Il Molo community ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice lake-based fishing rituals ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
hasSettlement Loiyangalani area ⓘ
languageFamily Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
locatedIn Lake Turkana region ⓘ
linked to: Turkana Basin
locatedOn shores of Lake Turkana ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Kenya ⓘ
populationStatus one of the smallest ethnic groups in Kenya ⓘ
recognizedAs Indigenous community in Kenya ⓘ
recognizedBy Kenyan Constitution as a marginalized community ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
traditionalDiet fish ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood fishing ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing on Lake Turkana ⓘ
vulnerableStatus endangered ethnic group ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

El Molo → usedBy → El Molo community ⓘ
El Molo community → hasAlternativeName → Elmolo community ⓘ
linked to: El Molo community