Ijesa people

E325472

Yoruba subgroup ethnic subgroup

The Ijesa people are a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria, known for their rich cultural heritage, distinct dialect, and historical kingdom centered around Ilesa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ijesha people	13
Ijesa people canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yoruba subgroup ⓘ ethnic subgroup ⓘ
colonialEraAdministration	Southern Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southern Nigeria Protectorate
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
culturalArea	Yorubaland ⓘ
culturalPractice	Yoruba festivals ⓘ Yoruba masquerade traditions ⓘ oriki praise poetry ⓘ
dialect	Ijesa Yoruba dialect ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn	Ekiti State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ondo State NERFINISHED ⓘ Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicIdentity	Yoruba ⓘ
ethnicMajorityIn	Ijesaland towns ⓘ Ilesa ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Yoruba ⓘ
historicalKingdom	Ijeshaland ⓘ surface form: Ijesaland
knownFor	distinct Yoruba dialect ⓘ historical kingdom centered on Ilesa ⓘ rich cultural heritage ⓘ
languageFamily	Yoruba ⓘ surface form: Yoruba language
locatedInPrecolonialEntity	Yorubaland ⓘ surface form: Oyo cultural sphere
partOf	Ijeshaland ⓘ surface form: Ijesaland
postColonialAdministration	Western Region of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryState	Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ surface form: Yoruba traditional religion
sharesBorderWith	Ekiti people ⓘ Ifẹ people ⓘ surface form: Ife people Ekiti people ⓘ surface form: Ondo Yoruba groups
subgroupOf	Yoruba people ⓘ
traditionalArt	Yoruba beadwork ⓘ Yoruba wood carving ⓘ
traditionalCapital	Ilesa ⓘ
traditionalCuisine	Yoruba dishes ⓘ
traditionalMusic	Yoruba drumming ⓘ talking drum ensembles ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	farming ⓘ trading ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalSystem	monarchy ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Ifa divination ⓘ
traditionalTitleOfRuler	Owa Obokun of Ijesaland ⓘ
usesCalendar	Yoruba traditional calendar ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ