Egba

E56494

Yoruba subgroup ethnic group

Egba is a prominent subgroup of the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria, historically centered around the city of Abeokuta and known for its rich cultural and political heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Egba canonical	11
Alake of Egbaland	3
Egba Owu	2
Egba Ake	1
Egba Kingdom	1
Egba towns	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yoruba subgroup ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Abeokuta wars ⓘ missionary activity in Abeokuta ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice	Yoruba festivals ⓘ Yoruba masquerade traditions ⓘ oriki praise poetry ⓘ
culturalSymbol	Abeokuta ⓘ surface form: Ake Palace in Abeokuta Olumo Rock ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Yoruba people ⓘ
ethnicRelation	closely related to other Yoruba subgroups ⓘ
ethnonym	Ijebu people ⓘ surface form: Egba people
hasCulturalLanguageVariant	Egba dialect of Yoruba ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Egba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Egba Ake Egba Oke-Ona ⓘ surface form: Egba Gbagura Egba Oke-Ona ⓘ Egba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Egba Owu
hasTraditionalInstitution	Egba chieftaincy system ⓘ Egba council of chiefs ⓘ
historicalCenter	Abeokuta ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence	19th century ⓘ
knownFor	political organization ⓘ resistance to external domination ⓘ rich cultural heritage ⓘ
language	Yoruba ⓘ surface form: Yoruba language
locatedIn	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
majorCity	Abeokuta ⓘ
musicTradition	Yoruba drumming ⓘ talking drum performance ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Egba Egba-Remo ⓘ Egba Ijebu ⓘ
oralTradition	Yoruba folktales ⓘ genealogical recitations ⓘ
partOf	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Yorubaland
politicalHeritage	Ijebu Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Egba confederation
region	Ogun State ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ traditional Yoruba religion ⓘ
traditionalCapital	Abeokuta ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	craftsmanship ⓘ farming ⓘ trading ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle	Egba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alake of Egbaland
usesCalendar	Yoruba traditional calendar ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Yoruba → historicalCenter → Egba ⓘ

Yoruba → foundedKingdom → Egba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egba Kingdom

Yoruba → traditionalRulerTitle → Egba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alake of Egbaland

Yoruba → hasSubgroup → Egba ⓘ

Oyo Empire → hadVassalState → Egba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egba towns

Egba → hasSubdivision → Egba self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egba Ake

Egba → hasSubdivision → Egba self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egba Owu

Egba → traditionalRulerTitle → Egba self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alake of Egbaland

Ogun State → majorEthnicSubgroup → Egba ⓘ

Yoruba people → traditionalTitle → Egba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alake of Egbaland

Abeokuta wars → involvedEthnicGroup → Egba ⓘ

Olumo Rock → associatedEthnicGroup → Egba ⓘ

Egba Egba-Remo → ethnicIdentity → Egba ⓘ

Egba Egba-Remo → culturalAffiliation → Egba ⓘ

Egba Oke-Ona → partOf → Egba ⓘ

Egba Oke-Ona → sharesOriginWith → Egba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egba Owu

Egba Oke-Ona → hasEthnicIdentity → Egba ⓘ

Remo → sharesBorderWith → Egba ⓘ

Egba polity → ethnicGroup → Egba ⓘ