Buduma people

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The Buduma people are an ethnic group living around Lake Chad, traditionally reliant on fishing and cattle herding, whose culture has been significantly shaped by Islam.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Buduma people canonical 3
Buduma ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alsoInCountry Cameroon
Niger
Nigeria
alternativeName Boudouma
Boudouma people
Yedina
boatType reed canoe
cattleType large-horned Kuri cattle
continent Africa
cultureInfluencedBy Islam
economicRoleOfCattle bridewealth
milk production
status symbol
environment floodplains
wetlands
ethnonym Buduma
inhabits Lake Chad region
linked to: Lake Chad basin
language Buduma language
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageSubfamily Chadic languages
livelihoodVulnerability Lake Chad shrinking
climate change
regional conflict
neighboringGroup Hausa people
Kanuri people
primaryCountry Chad
region Central Africa
Sahel
regionType islands of Lake Chad
marshes of Lake Chad
religion Islam
religionType Sunni Islam
religiousPractice Islamic festivals
mosque attendance
socialOrganization clan-based structure
subsistenceStrategy fishing-based economy
semi-nomadic pastoralism
traditionalEconomicActivity cattle herding
fishing
island agriculture
pastoralism
traditionalHousing papyrus huts
reed huts
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam local animist beliefs
usesAnimal Kuri cattle
usesResource island pastures
papyrus
reeds

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Buduma language spokenBy Buduma people
Buduma language hasSpeakerCommunity Buduma ethnic group
linked to: Buduma people
Yedina hasAlternativeName Buduma people