Jola people

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The Jola people are an ethnic group of West Africa, primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their rice cultivation, rich musical traditions, and distinct languages within the Bak branch of the Niger-Congo family.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jola people canonical 17
Diola people 2
Diola (Jola) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
agriculturalSpecialty wetland rice farming
artForm mask making
wood carving
clanSystem patrilineal clans
continent Africa
country Guinea-Bissau
Senegal
The Gambia
culturalPractice initiation rites
masked dances
spirit shrine worship
demographicStatus minority ethnic group in Senegal
significant ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau
significant ethnic group in The Gambia
economicActivity groundnut cultivation
knownFor complex drum music
initiation ceremonies
rich musical traditions
language Jola-Bandial
Jola-Bliss
Jola-Fonyi
linked to: Jola

Jola-Karon
linked to: Jola

Jola-Kasa
linked to: Jola
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageSubfamily Bak languages
marriagePractice bridewealth payments
musicGenre traditional Jola drumming
musicInstrument balafon
drums
ekonting
primaryResidence Casamance region
linked to: Casamance

Lower Gambia region
linked to: Gambia River region

northern Guinea-Bissau
region West Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Balanta people
Manjaku people
Pepel people
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
socialOrganization age-grade systems
village-based communities
subsistenceActivity fishing
livestock rearing
palm wine tapping
traditionalHousing compounds with thatched houses
traditionalOccupation rice cultivation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

J. David Sapir hasEthnicFocus Jola people
Casamance hasEthnicGroup Diola people
linked to: Jola people
Casamance hasEthnicGroup Jola people
Jola language ethnicGroup Jola people
subject linked to: Jola
Jola language primarySpeakers Jola people
subject linked to: Jola
West Africans hasSubgroup Jola people
Pierre Goudiaby Atepa hasEthnicGroup Diola (Jola)
linked to: Jola people
Bak languages ethnolinguisticGroup Jola people
Oussouye ethnicGroup Jola people
Diola culture ethnicGroupOfOrigin Diola people
linked to: Jola people
Diola culture ethnicGroupOfOrigin Jola people
Jola languages spokenBy Jola people
subject linked to: Jola (Diola) language
Jola languages ethnicGroup Jola people
subject linked to: Jola (Diola) language
Jola-Fonyi language spokenBy Jola people
subject linked to: Jola (Diola) language
Kolda, Senegal ethnicGroup Jola people
Jola-Bandial spokenBy Jola people
Joola spokenBy Jola people
Joola ethnicGroupAssociated Jola people
Dyola spokenBy Jola people
Dyola hasEthnicAssociation Jola ethnic group
linked to: Jola people