Tumbuka people

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The Tumbuka people are a Bantu ethnic group of south-central Africa, primarily living in northern Malawi and parts of Zambia and Tanzania, known for their rich oral traditions, farming livelihoods, and distinctive matrilineal social structures.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tumbuka people canonical 9
Bantu peoples of Malawi 1
Tumbuka people in Tanzania 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
agriculturalCrops cassava
groundnuts
maize
millet
sorghum
clanSystem matrilineal clans
colonialExperience British colonial rule
continent Africa
countrySubdivision Eastern Province, Zambia
Muchinga Province, Zambia
Northern Region, Malawi
culturalArea Lake Malawi region
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
initiation rites
economicActivity animal husbandry
small-scale trade
ethnicGroupOf Malawi
Tanzania
Zambia
historicalRegion Nyasaland
inheritancePattern matrilineal inheritance
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent
knownFor folktales
proverbs
rich oral traditions
storytelling
languageFamily Bantu languages
languageSpoken Tumbuka language
linked to: Tumbuka
laterReligion Christianity
marriageResidencePattern uxorilocal
oralLiterature epic narratives
legends
myths
populationDistribution rural
primaryRegion northern Malawi
regionLanguageStatus major language group in northern Malawi
socialStructure matrilineal
subregion south-central Africa
traditionalArt basketry
wood carving
traditionalHousing mud-brick houses
thatched roofs
traditionalLivelihood farming
subsistence agriculture
traditionalMusic dance
drumming
traditionalReligion African traditional religion

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Tumbuka spokenByEthnicGroup Tumbuka people
Sena people partOf Bantu peoples of Malawi
linked to: Tumbuka people
Eastern Province ethnicGroup Tumbuka people
Northern Region, Malawi hasEthnicGroup Tumbuka people
Chitumbuka primaryEthnicGroup Tumbuka people
Chitumbuka usedBy Tumbuka people in Tanzania
linked to: Tumbuka people
Citumbuka ethnicGroup Tumbuka people
tum associatedEthnicity Tumbuka people
Central Tumbuka usedBy Tumbuka people of Malawi
linked to: Tumbuka people