Ndebele people

E149985
Bantu people Nguni people ethnic group

The Ndebele people are a Southern African ethnic group known for their Nguni language, distinctive geometric house painting, beadwork, and rich cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Ndebele people canonical 29
Ndebele 6
Northern Ndebele people 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
Nguni people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm colorful beadwork ⓘ
geometric patterns ⓘ
wall mural painting ⓘ
artSymbolism geometric motifs representing identity ⓘ
use of bold black outlines ⓘ
use of bright contrasting colors ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Botswana ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
culturalPractice beadwork ⓘ
bridewealth customs ⓘ
geometric house painting ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
culturalTransmission designs passed down through generations ⓘ
ethnonym Ndebele people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ndebele
genderRolesInArt women as primary beadworkers ⓘ
women as primary house painters ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized element of South African cultural heritage ⓘ
ISO639-2LanguageCode nbl ⓘ
nde ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languageGroup Nguni languages ⓘ
notableFor colorful mural art ⓘ
distinctive geometric house painting ⓘ
intricate beadwork ⓘ
rich cultural traditions ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ngoni people ⓘ
Swazi people ⓘ
Xhosa people ⓘ
Zulu people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialStructure chiefdoms ⓘ
patrilineal clans ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture painted homesteads ⓘ
traditionalClothing beaded aprons ⓘ
blankets with geometric designs ⓘ
leg rings ⓘ
neck rings ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle herding ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Northern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: Northern Ndebele language

Southern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: Southern Ndebele language

Referenced by (50)

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

Nguni languages → areAssociatedWithEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Southern Ndebele → spokenBy → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Ndebele people
Southern Ndebele → spokenBy → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele people of South Africa
Southern Ndebele → associatedWithEthnicity → Ndebele people ⓘ
Matabeleland North → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Matabeleland South → demographicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Matabeleland South → hasEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Zulu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Zulu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Ndebele people
Zulu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele people
City of Kings → relatesToEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Matobo National Park → culturalSignificanceFor → Ndebele people ⓘ
Matabeleland → traditionalInhabitants → Ndebele people ⓘ
Matabeleland → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Matabeleland → historicalNameDerivedFrom → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele (Matabele) people
Matabeleland → demographicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Lobengula Khumalo → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele people
Swazi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Mfecane → hasKeyGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele (Matabele)
Canaan Banana → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Ndebele architecture → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Ndebele people
Ndebele architecture → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele people
Ndebele beadwork → practicedBy → Ndebele people ⓘ
Ndebele beadwork → traditionallyMadeBy → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele women
Ndebele people → ethnonym → Ndebele people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Tsholotsho → ethnicMajority → Ndebele people ⓘ
Tonga people → neighboringGroups → Ndebele people ⓘ
Nkayi → hasPredominantEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Kalanga people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Midlands → hasEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
subject surface form: Midlands Province
Nguni people → ethnolinguisticGroupOf → Ndebele people ⓘ
Kololo → conflictWith → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Hlubi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Black South African → hasEthnicSubgroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Joshua Nkomo → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Second Matabele War → conflictBetween → Ndebele people ⓘ
Second Matabele War → hasParticipant → Ndebele people ⓘ
Second Matabele War → hasEthnicGroupInvolved → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele
Kingdom of Matabele → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Kingdom of Matabele → dominantEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
Mzilikazi kaMashobane → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele people
Mzilikazi kaMashobane → tribalAffiliation → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndebele (Matabele)
Lobengula → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
House of Khumalo → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Ndebele people ⓘ
Khumalo dynasty → ethnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ndebele people
Khumalo dynasty → associatedWith → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matabele people
HMS Matabele → namedAfter → Ndebele people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matabele people
Fulatha Tshabalala → partOf → Ndebele people ⓘ
southeastern Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Ndebele people ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Africa
Tonga → neighboringEthnicGroups → Ndebele people ⓘ
subject surface form: Tonga (southern Africa)