Kwere people

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The Kwere people are a Bantu ethnic group of coastal Tanzania, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions closely linked to other coastal communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kwere people canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
agriculturalCrops cassava
coconut
maize
various coastal food crops
associatedWithBodyOfWater Indian Ocean
colonialHistoryContext British Tanganyika
German East Africa
continent Africa
country Tanzania
countryOfCitizenship Tanzania
countryOfficialLanguageEnvironment English language
Swahili language
culturalSphere Swahili coast
linked to: Swahili Coast
ethnicity Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
ethnolinguisticGroup Kwere
hasWritingSystemUsage Latin script (via Swahili and other languages)
language Kwere language
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
locatedInPresentDayAdministrativeArea Morogoro Region
Pwani Region
modernStateContext United Republic of Tanzania
linked to: Tanzania
nativeTo Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania
partOf coastal Tanzanian communities
primaryLocation coastal Tanzania
region East Africa
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
sharesCulturalTraitsWith Doe people
Zaramo people
other Swahili coast communities
traditionalBeliefElements ancestor veneration
spirit beliefs
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale agriculture
trade
traditionalHousingMaterials mud
poles and timber
thatch
traditionalMusicInstruments drums
local rattles and percussion
traditionalSocialOrganization clan-based structures
usesLinguaFranca Swahili language

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Referenced by (3)

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

Pwani Region hasEthnicGroup Kwere people
Zigua people relatedEthnicGroup Kwere people