Jola people

E611021
ethnic group

The Jola people are an ethnic group of West Africa, primarily found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, known for their rice cultivation, rich musical traditions, and distinct languages within the Bak branch of the Niger-Congo family.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jola people canonical 5
Diola (Jola) 1
Diola people 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalSpecialty wetland rice farming ⓘ
artForm mask making ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice initiation rites ⓘ
masked dances ⓘ
spirit shrine worship ⓘ
demographicStatus minority ethnic group in Senegal ⓘ
significant ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
significant ethnic group in The Gambia ⓘ
economicActivity groundnut cultivation ⓘ
knownFor complex drum music ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
rich musical traditions ⓘ
language Jola-Bandial NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jola-Bliss ⓘ
Jola-Fonyi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jola-Karon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jola-Kasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Bak languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth payments ⓘ
musicGenre traditional Jola drumming ⓘ
musicInstrument balafon ⓘ
drums ⓘ
ekonting NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryResidence Casamance region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Gambia region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Balanta people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manjaku people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pepel people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialOrganization age-grade systems ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
subsistenceActivity fishing ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
palm wine tapping ⓘ
traditionalHousing compounds with thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation rice cultivation ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

J. David Sapir → hasEthnicFocus → Jola people ⓘ
Casamance → hasEthnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diola people
Casamance → hasEthnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
Jola → ethnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
subject surface form: Jola language
Jola → primarySpeakers → Jola people ⓘ
subject surface form: Jola language
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Jola people ⓘ
Pierre Goudiaby Atepa → hasEthnicGroup → Jola people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diola (Jola)