Banyankole people

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The Banyankole people are a Bantu ethnic group of southwestern Uganda, traditionally known as cattle-keeping pastoralists and cultivators with a hierarchical social structure and rich cultural heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Banyankole people canonical 4
Nyankole 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
cattleBreedAssociation Ankole long-horned cattle
linked to: Ankole cattle
clanSystem patrilineal clans
colonialHistory incorporated into British Uganda Protectorate
continent Africa
country Uganda
culturalHeritage oral traditions
proverbs and storytelling
culturalPractice bridewealth payment in cattle
clan-based organization
extended family system
ethnonymLanguageName Runyankole
ethnonymSingular Munyankole
foodStaple bananas (matooke)
milk and dairy products
millet
formerPolityStatus Ankole as one of the traditional kingdoms of Uganda
initiationRites puberty rituals
language Runyankole
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
livestock Ankole cattle
locatedIn southwestern Uganda
linked to: Southwestern Uganda
marriageSystem arranged marriages (historically)
neighboringEthnicGroup Baganda
Bakiga
Banyarwanda
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi

Batoro
populationCountry Uganda
region Ankole
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
selfDesignation Banyankore
subgroup Bahima
Bairu
traditionalEconomy mixed farming
traditionalLeaderTitle Omugabe
traditionalMusic dance
drumming
folk songs
traditionalOccupation agriculture
cattle keeping
cultivation
pastoralism
traditionalPoliticalUnit Kingdom of Ankole
traditionalSocialStructure hierarchical

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Great Lakes peoples includes Banyankole people
Runyankole spokenBy Banyankole people
Runyankole hasAlternativeName Nyankole
linked to: Banyankole people
Kinyankole language spokenBy Banyankole people
Kinyankole language glottologName Nyankole
linked to: Banyankole people
Ankole inhabitedBy Banyankole people
Runyankole language alsoKnownAs Nyankole
subject linked to: nyn
linked to: Banyankole people