Bajju

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Bajju are an ethnic subgroup in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, closely related culturally and linguistically to the Atyap people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bajju canonical 2
A̱gwam Bajju 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
people
cashCrops beans
ginger
maize
millet
sorghum
chiefdomHeadTitle Bajju self-linksurface differs
surface form: A̱gwam Bajju
chiefdomName Bajju Chiefdom
colonialEraName Kaje
conflictExperience communal conflicts in Southern Kaduna
continent Africa
country Nigeria
culturalAffiliation Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria
surface form: Southern Kaduna peoples
culturalRelation Atyap people NERFINISHED
culturalZone Southern Kaduna Senatorial District
surface form: Southern Kaduna
ethnicMinorityStatus Nigeria
ethnolinguisticRelation Atyap people NERFINISHED
federalConstituencyContext Zangon Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency
geopoliticalZone North-West Nigeria NERFINISHED
hasAutonym Bajju self-link
hasExonym Kaje
historicalRegion Zangon Kataf
surface form: Zangon Kataf area
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo languages

Plateau languages
linguisticSimilarity Tyap language
surface form: Atyap language
localGovernmentAreas Jema’a
Kachia
Zangon Kataf
locatedIn Kaduna State
Northern Nigeria
Southern Kaduna Senatorial District
surface form: Southern Kaduna
mainEconomicActivities cash crop cultivation
subsistence farming
neighboringEthnicGroups Adara people NERFINISHED
Atyap people NERFINISHED
Ham
surface form: Ham people

Kagoro people NERFINISHED
Moro’a people NERFINISHED
Ninzam people
politicalRegion Southern Kaduna Senatorial District
surface form: Southern Kaduna senatorial area
primaryReligion Christianity
region Middle Belt Nigeria NERFINISHED
religiousDiversity Christianity
Islam
state Kaduna State
traditionalPoliticalStructure chiefdom
traditionalReligion African traditional religion

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

Bajju hasAutonym Bajju self-link
Bajju chiefdomHeadTitle Bajju self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: A̱gwam Bajju