El Molo people

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The El Molo people are a small, traditionally fishing and pastoralist ethnic community indigenous to the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya.

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Label Occurrences
El Molo people canonical 3

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
climateContext hot and dry climate around Lake Turkana ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
countryOfficialName Republic of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Kenya
culturalAssociation lake-based culture ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus threatened culture ⓘ
culturalIdentity lake-oriented fishing community ⓘ
diet fish-based diet ⓘ
use of livestock products ⓘ
economicActivity limited pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale fishing ⓘ
environment arid region around Lake Turkana ⓘ
ethnicClassification Nilotic–Cushitic contact group ⓘ
ethnographicRegion East Africa ⓘ
geographicFeature Rift Valley region of Kenya ⓘ
historicalStatus semi-nomadic community ⓘ
identity indigenous lake fishers of Lake Turkana ⓘ
indigenousTo shores of Lake Turkana ⓘ
languageFamily Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
livelihood fishing for Nile perch and other fish ⓘ
hunting aquatic animals historically ⓘ
keeping goats and other small livestock ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Turkana ⓘ
mainWaterBody Lake Turkana ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Kenya ⓘ
nationalContext one of Kenya’s smallest communities by population ⓘ
neighboringGroups Rendille people ⓘ
Samburu people ⓘ
Turkana people ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the smallest ethnic groups in Kenya ⓘ
region Northern Kenya ⓘ
religiousInfluence Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socioeconomicStatus marginalized community in Kenya ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle fishing ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing on Lake Turkana ⓘ
livestock herding ⓘ
vulnerabilityStatus endangered ethnic group ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

El Molo → ethnicGroup → El Molo people ⓘ
El Molo community → ethnolinguisticGroup → El Molo people ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Kenya → include → El Molo people ⓘ