Jukun people

E68360
ethnic group

The Jukun people are an ethnic group of central Nigeria, historically associated with the Kwararafa confederacy and known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional religious practices.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jukun people canonical 4
Jukunoid peoples 1
Mumuye people 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
artForm mask making ⓘ
ritual sculpture ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
associatedWith Kwararafa confederacy ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade associations ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
masquerade performances ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Jukun people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jukunoid peoples
historicalCapital Wukari ⓘ
historicalConflict Tiv–Jukun conflicts ⓘ
historicalInfluence Gongola River ⓘ
surface form: Gongola valley

Taraba River ⓘ
surface form: Lower Taraba valley

Benue River ⓘ
surface form: Middle Benue valley
historicalPeriod precolonial Nigeria ⓘ
language Jukun language ⓘ
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Jukunoid languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
mainCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yam ⓘ
neighboringGroups Chamba people ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people

Hausa people ⓘ
Kilba people ⓘ
surface form: Kuteb people

Mumuye people ⓘ
Tiv people ⓘ
politicalOrganization centralized kingdom ⓘ
sacred monarchy ⓘ
primaryLocation Adamawa State ⓘ
Bauchi State ⓘ
Benue State ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: FCT Abuja

Gombe ⓘ
surface form: Gombe State

Kogi State ⓘ
Nasarawa State ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
region Central Nigeria ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
riverProximity Benue River ⓘ
Taraba River ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
sacred kingship ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
traditionalEconomy farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
traditionalReligion Jukun traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Aku Uka ⓘ
traditionalState Wukari Federation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Middle Belt → ethnicDiversityIncludes → Jukun people ⓘ
Middle Belt → ethnicDiversityIncludes → Jukun people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mumuye people
Tiv people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Jukun people ⓘ
North East Nigeria → hasEthnicGroup → Jukun people ⓘ
Jukun people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Jukun people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jukunoid peoples
Central Nigeria → ethnicDiversity → Jukun people ⓘ