Ma’di people

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The Ma’di people are an ethnic group of northeastern Africa, primarily living in South Sudan and northern Uganda, known for their distinct cultural traditions and Nilo-Saharan language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ma’di people canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
human population ⓘ
affectedBy Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: South Sudan

Republic of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Uganda
countryOfCitizenship South Sudan ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
dispersedTo refugee settlements in Uganda ⓘ
ethnolect Ma’di language ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
locatedIn South Sudan ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
northeastern Africa ⓘ
marriageCustoms bridewealth payments ⓘ
music call-and-response singing ⓘ
drum-based dances ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Acholi people ⓘ
Bari people ⓘ
Kuku people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lokoya people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lugbara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lulubo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
oralTradition folktales ⓘ
praise songs ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
region Central Equatoria ⓘ
Eastern Equatoria ⓘ
Northern Uganda ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalCrops cassava ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in spirits ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet for Ma’di language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Moru–Madi languages → usedBy → Ma’di people ⓘ
Ma’di → spokenBy → Ma’di people ⓘ
Ma’di → ethnicGroup → Ma’di people ⓘ
Ma’di language → ethnicGroup → Ma’di people ⓘ