Sena people

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The Sena people are a Bantu ethnic group of southeastern Africa, primarily found in Mozambique and Malawi, known for their agricultural traditions and use of the Sena language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sena people canonical 12
Sena ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
colonialHistory British colonial rule in Nyasaland (Malawi)
Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique
continent Africa
countryOfResidence Republic of Malawi
linked to: Malawi

Republic of Mozambique
linked to: Mozambique

Republic of Zimbabwe
linked to: Zimbabwe
culturalPractice bridewealth
initiation rites
spirit possession rituals
culturalRegion Zambezia
linked to: Zambezia Province
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Sena language
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
language Sena language
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages
languageFamily Bantu languages
locatedIn Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
marriagePattern patrilocal residence
oralTradition folktales
praise poetry
partOf Bantu peoples of Malawi
linked to: Tumbuka people

Bantu peoples of Mozambique
linked to: Chewa people
region Zambezi River valley
linked to: Zambezi Valley

southeastern Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Chewa people
Nsenga people
Shona people
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
Islam
subsistenceActivity river fishing
small-scale animal husbandry
traditionalCrop cassava
maize
millet
rice
sorghum
traditionalEconomy riverine trade
subsistence farming
traditionalHousing wattle and daub huts
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing
drumming
traditionalOccupation agriculture
fishing
usesWritingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Makua group neighboringGroups Sena people
Sena of Caia isSpokenBy Sena people
Sena of Caia hasEthnolinguisticGroup Sena ethnic group
linked to: Sena people
Sena of Tete usedByEthnicGroup Sena people
Sofala Province hasEthnicGroup Sena people
Nampula Province ethnicGroup Sena people
Ndau people neighboringGroups Sena people
Makhuwa people relatedEthnicGroup Sena people
Southern Malawi hasEthnicGroup Sena people
Sena language ethnicGroup Sena people
Central Mozambique hasEthnicGroup Sena people
subject linked to: central Mozambique