Mende people

E640631
ethnic group people

The Mende people are a major ethnic group of Sierra Leone, known for their rich traditions in agriculture, secret societies, storytelling, and distinctive art and music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
people ⓘ
artForm body scarification ⓘ
mask carving ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
wood sculpture ⓘ
cashCrop cocoa ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
ginger ⓘ
palm oil ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade systems ⓘ
agricultural festivals ⓘ
female initiation rites ⓘ
male initiation rites ⓘ
mask performances ⓘ
diasporaCountry Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationRoleOfSocieties agricultural training ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
sexual education ⓘ
famousArtifactType Sowei mask NERFINISHED ⓘ
famousArtifactType helmet mask ⓘ
genderRoleInstitution Poro society NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderRoleInstitution Sande society NERFINISHED ⓘ
initiationRite Poro initiation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sande initiation NERFINISHED ⓘ
kinshipSystem clan-based organization ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Mende language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Mande languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
musicTradition call-and-response singing ⓘ
dance music ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Kissi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kono people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sherbro people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temne people NERFINISHED ⓘ
oralTradition epic narratives ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
politicalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
village councils ⓘ
region Eastern Province, Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Province, Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
secretSociety Poro society NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sande society NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialInstitution Poro society NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sande society NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
bush spirits ⓘ
spirit world ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
cash crop cultivation ⓘ
rice farming ⓘ
writingSystem Kikakui script NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

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

Hastings, Sierra Leone → ethnicGroup → Mende people ⓘ
Lofa County → ethnicGroup → Mende people ⓘ
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Mende people ⓘ
Cinqué in Amistad → ethnicity → Mende people ⓘ
subject surface form: Cinqué (Amistad)
Mende language → primaryEthnicGroup → Mende people ⓘ