Tumbuka people

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The Tumbuka people are a Bantu ethnic group of south-central Africa, primarily living in northern Malawi and parts of Zambia and Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, farming livelihoods, and distinctive matrilineal social structures.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tumbuka people canonical 9
Bantu peoples of Malawi 1
Tumbuka people in Tanzania 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalCrops cassava ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
clanSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
colonialExperience British colonial rule ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countrySubdivision Eastern Province, Zambia ⓘ
Muchinga Province, Zambia ⓘ
Northern Region, Malawi ⓘ
culturalArea Lake Malawi region ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
economicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Malawi ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
historicalRegion Nyasaland ⓘ
inheritancePattern matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
knownFor folktales ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Tumbuka language ⓘ
linked to: Tumbuka
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
marriageResidencePattern uxorilocal ⓘ
oralLiterature epic narratives ⓘ
legends ⓘ
myths ⓘ
populationDistribution rural ⓘ
primaryRegion northern Malawi ⓘ
regionLanguageStatus major language group in northern Malawi ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal ⓘ
subregion south-central Africa ⓘ
traditionalArt basketry ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud-brick houses ⓘ
thatched roofs ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood farming ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalMusic dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Tumbuka → spokenByEthnicGroup → Tumbuka people ⓘ
Sena people → partOf → Bantu peoples of Malawi ⓘ
linked to: Tumbuka people
Eastern Province → ethnicGroup → Tumbuka people ⓘ
Northern Region, Malawi → hasEthnicGroup → Tumbuka people ⓘ
Chitumbuka → primaryEthnicGroup → Tumbuka people ⓘ
Chitumbuka → usedBy → Tumbuka people in Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Tumbuka people
Citumbuka → ethnicGroup → Tumbuka people ⓘ
tum → associatedEthnicity → Tumbuka people ⓘ
Central Tumbuka → usedBy → Tumbuka people of Malawi ⓘ
linked to: Tumbuka people