Ijaw

E14285
Nigerian ethnic group ethnic group indigenous people

The Ijaw are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, known for their riverine culture, fishing traditions, and significant role in the country's oil-producing areas.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Ijaw canonical 37
Ijaw nation 3
Ijaw of Bayelsa 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nigerian ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith Niger Delta environmental activism ⓘ
Niger Delta militancy ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culture deltaic culture ⓘ
riverine culture ⓘ
environment creeks and estuaries ⓘ
mangrove swamps ⓘ
hasSubgroup Ijaw people ⓘ
surface form: Apoi Ijaw

Arogbo Ijaw ⓘ
Boma Ijaw ⓘ
Ogboin Ijaw ⓘ
surface form: Bonny Ijaw (Ibani)

Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Egbema Ijaw

Gbaramatu Ijaw ⓘ
Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ijaw of Bayelsa

Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kalabari

Ogboin Ijaw ⓘ
surface form: Kula Ijaw

Nembe ⓘ
Ogboin Ijaw ⓘ
Okrika ⓘ
knownFor canoe transport ⓘ
fishing traditions ⓘ
oil-producing areas activism ⓘ
language Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ijaw language
languageFamily Ijaw languages ⓘ
Ijoid languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
notableOrganization Ijaw National Congress ⓘ
Ijaw Youth Council ⓘ
partOf Ijaw people ⓘ
surface form: Niger Delta peoples
politicalIssue environmental degradation ⓘ
oil revenue allocation ⓘ
resource control ⓘ
populationStatus one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger Delta ⓘ
primaryRegion Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Bayelsa State ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Edo State ⓘ
Niger Delta ⓘ
Ondo State ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
traditionalOccupation canoe making ⓘ
farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trading ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
water spirit worship ⓘ
uses canoes ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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

Nigeria → ethnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Niger Delta → ethnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw people
Yoruba → hasSubgroup → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw-Yoruba (Ilaje, Ikale)
Ijaw → language → Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw language
Ijaw → hasSubgroup → Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalabari
Ijaw → hasSubgroup → Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw of Bayelsa
Ijaw → hasSubgroup → Ijaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egbema Ijaw
Bayelsa State → ethnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Warri → hasEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Rivers State → ethnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria → containedEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Ondo State → hasMinorityEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Lagos State → hasEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Ijaw people → majorSubgroup → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw of Bayelsa
Ijaw people → majorSubgroup → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw of Delta State
Ijaw people → majorSubgroup → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw of Rivers State
Ijaw languages → ethnicity → Ijaw ⓘ
Gbaramatu Ijaw → ethnicRelation → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger Delta Ijaw
Ijaw Youth Council → ethnicFocus → Ijaw ⓘ
Ogboin Ijaw → macroEthnicAffiliation → Ijaw ⓘ
Ogboin Ijaw → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Boma Ijaw → ethnolinguisticFamily → Ijaw ⓘ
Boma Ijaw → ethnicIdentity → Ijaw ⓘ
Delta State → hasEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Nigerian → languageUsed → Ijaw ⓘ
Nigerian → ethnicGroupCanBe → Ijaw ⓘ
Ekeremor → languageSpoken → Ijaw ⓘ
Kolokuma/Opokuma → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Opokuma Ijaw
Kolokuma/Opokuma → populationGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
South South → containsEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Egbesu Boys of Africa → ethnicBase → Ijaw ⓘ
Itsekiri → relatedEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Bonny → ethnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Isoko people → sharesBorderWith → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw territory
Ilaje → neighboringGroups → Ijaw ⓘ
Ese Odo → hasCulturalGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arogbo Ijaw community
Bonny (town) → hasEthnicGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
subject surface form: Bonny
Nembe Ijaw → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Nembe Ijaw → culturalAffiliation → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw nation
Western Ijaw → macroEthnicIdentity → Ijaw ⓘ
Western Ijaw → macroEthnicIdentity → Ijaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ijaw nation
Bille language → subfamily → Ijaw ⓘ
Akassa language → languageGroup → Ijaw ⓘ
Kolokuma language → languageBranch → Ijaw ⓘ
Opokuma language → languageFamily → Ijaw ⓘ
Gbarain language → languageFamily → Ijaw ⓘ
Apoi language → subfamily → Ijaw ⓘ
Kumbo language → languageBranch → Ijaw ⓘ
Eastern Ijaw → ethnonym → Ijaw ⓘ
Eastern Ijaw → culturalIdentity → Ijaw ⓘ