Lugbara people

E1005262

The Lugbara people are a Central Sudanic ethnic group primarily inhabiting northwestern Uganda and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, known for their agrarian lifestyle, rich oral traditions, and distinctive cultural practices.

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Label Occurrences
Lugbara people canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic people
ethnic group
continent Africa
countryOfCitizenship Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
South Sudan NERFINISHED
Uganda NERFINISHED
culturalTrait initiation rites
proverbs
rich oral traditions
ritual dances
storytelling
ethnicGroupOf Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
South Sudan NERFINISHED
Uganda NERFINISHED
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
languageBranch Moru–Madi languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Central Sudanic languages NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Lugbara language NERFINISHED
mainCrops cassava
groundnuts
maize
millet
sorghum
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
neighboringEthnicGroup Alur people NERFINISHED
Kakwa people NERFINISHED
Madi people NERFINISHED
Moru people NERFINISHED
notableTown Arua NERFINISHED
Koboko NERFINISHED
Maracha NERFINISHED
partOf Nilotic–Sudanic cultural area NERFINISHED
primaryRegion border areas of South Sudan
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
northwestern Uganda NERFINISHED
region West Nile sub-region NERFINISHED
socialOrganization clan-based society
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
belief in a supreme being
spirit worship
traditionalLeadership chiefs
clan elders
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry
subsistence farming
traditionalReligion Lugbara traditional religion
UNESCOLanguageStatus vulnerable (Lugbara language, in some areas)
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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

Lugbara language ethnicGroup Lugbara people
Lugbara language nativeTo Lugbara people
Moru–Madi languages usedBy Lugbara people
Alur people neighboringEthnicGroup Lugbara people