Annang people

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The Annang people are an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria, culturally and linguistically related to the Ibibio-Efik cluster and known for rich oral traditions, art, and communal social structures.

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Annang people canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nigerian ethnic group
ethnic group
continent Africa
country Nigeria
culturallyRelatedTo Ibibio-Efik cluster
ethnolinguisticCluster Lower Cross River peoples
hasArtForm body decoration
sculpture
textile arts
hasCulturalPractice ancestor veneration
communal festivals
initiation rites
hasCulturalTrait age-grade systems
communal social structures
extended family networks
rich oral traditions
knownFor art
masquerades
oral literature
wood carving
languageBranch Benue–Congo languages
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageSubgroup Cross-River languages
surface form: Cross River languages
linguisticRelation closely related to Efik language
closely related to Ibibio language
locatedIn Abia State
Akwa Ibom State NERFINISHED
Cross River region
mainCrops cassava
maize
vegetables
yam
majorReligion Christianity
oralTraditionIncludes folktales
praise poetry
proverbs
primaryLanguage Annang language
region southeastern Nigeria
relatedEthnicGroup Efik people
Ibibio people
socialOrganization clan-based structure
lineage-based structure
traditionalEconomy fishing
subsistence agriculture
trading
traditionalPoliticalOrganization council of elders
village heads
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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

Efik people relatedEthnicGroup Annang people
Ibibio people relatedEthnicGroup Annang people
Oron people relatedEthnicGroup Annang people