Jopadhola people

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The Jopadhola people are a Nilotic ethnic group in eastern Uganda, closely related to other Luo-speaking communities and known for their distinctive language (Dhopadhola) and agrarian culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jopadhola people canonical 4
Padhola people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people
ethnic group
continent Africa
country Uganda
custom bridewealth payments
extended family households
initiation rites
ethnicGroupOf Uganda
ethnologueCode adh
glottologCode adho1246
glottologName Adhola
language Dhopadhola
languageAutonym Dhopadhola
languageFamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language

Western Nilotic languages
livestock cattle
goats
poultry
sheep
mainCrops beans
cassava
maize
millet
sorghum
migrationOrigin Upper Nile region
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
nativeLanguage Dhopadhola
partOf Luo-speaking communities
region Eastern Uganda
linked to: eastern Uganda
relatedEthnicGroup Acholi people
Adhola Luo
Alur people
Langi people
Luo peoples
linked to: Luo people
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
Islam
selfDesignation Badama
Jopadhola
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
spirit mediums
traditionalDance cultural dances
traditionalEconomy mixed farming
subsistence agriculture
traditionalInstrument drums
harp-like instruments
traditionalLeadership clan elders
traditionalMusic folk songs
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based society

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Luo people of Uganda relatedEthnicGroup Jopadhola people
Luo people of Uganda notableSubgroup Jopadhola people
Acholi people relatedEthnicGroup Padhola people
linked to: Jopadhola people
Adhola language spokenBy Jopadhola people
Padhola language spokenBy Jopadhola people