Digo

E893979

Digo are a coastal Bantu ethnic group of the Mijikenda people, primarily living along the southern Kenyan and northern Tanzanian coast, known for their Swahili-influenced culture and trade history.

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Digo canonical 10

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalCrops cassava ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
maize ⓘ
alsoSpeak Swahili ⓘ
associatedWith Swahili coast ⓘ
linked to: Swahili Coast
borderRegion Kenya–Tanzania border ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
countryRegion Coast Province of Kenya ⓘ
culturalArea East African coast ⓘ
linked to: Swahili Coast
culturalHeritage oral traditions ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
culturalInfluence Swahili culture ⓘ
culturalPractice age-set systems ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Mijikenda ⓘ
historicalActivity Indian Ocean coastal trade ⓘ
knownFor coastal trade history ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
partOf Mijikenda peoples ⓘ
primaryRegion northern Tanzanian coast ⓘ
southern Kenyan coast ⓘ
relatedGroup Chonyi ⓘ
Duruma ⓘ
Giriama ⓘ
Jibana ⓘ
Kambe ⓘ
Kauma ⓘ
Rabai ⓘ
Ribe ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
subgroupOf Mijikenda ⓘ
traditionalHousing coastal thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Chidigo ⓘ
Digo language ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood fishing ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
trade ⓘ
usesSacredSites kaya forests ⓘ

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