Pokomo

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The Pokomo are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of Kenya primarily living along the Tana River, known for riverine agriculture, fishing, and rich oral traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pokomo canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalSystem flood-recession farming ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
culturalArea Coastal Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Kenya ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Niger-Congo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
hasClanStructure true ⓘ
knownFor rich oral traditions ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
languageAlternateName Kipokomo ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
livelihoodZone Tana River floodplain ⓘ
linked to: Tana River Delta
nationality Kenyan ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Orma ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
Waata ⓘ
oralLiterature epic narratives ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
primaryLanguage Pokomo language ⓘ
primaryRiver Tana River ⓘ
region Tana River County ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
settlementPattern riverine settlements ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
subgroup Lower Pokomo ⓘ
Upper Pokomo ⓘ
traditionalCrops bananas ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
livestock keeping ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic drum-based music ⓘ
usesIrrigation true ⓘ

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