Kerewe people

E301939

The Kerewe people are a Bantu ethnic group of Tanzania known for their distinct language and cultural traditions centered around fishing and agriculture in the Lake Victoria region.

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Label Occurrences
Kerewe people canonical 5

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
continent Africa
country Tanzania
countryCapital Dodoma
countryLargestCity Dar es Salaam
countryOfficialLanguage English language
Swahili language
crop bananas
cassava
maize
sweet potatoes
ethnicGroupIn Tanzania
ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu peoples
surface form: Bantu
fishingEnvironment Lake Victoria
hasCulturalTraditions agricultural rituals
dance
lake-based fishing practices
oral storytelling
traditional music
language Kerewe language
languageFamily Bantu languages
locatedIn Mwanza Region
partOf Bantu-speaking populations of East Africa
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
primaryRegion Lake Victoria basin
surface form: Lake Victoria region
region East Africa
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
subsistenceActivity small-scale farming
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Ukerewe Island
usesWritingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Ukerewe Island ethnicGroup Kerewe people
Haya people neighboringEthnicGroup Kerewe people
Kerewe language spokenBy Kerewe people
Kerewe language ethnicGroup Kerewe people
Ukerewe District hasEthnicGroup Kerewe people