Cape Malays

E698567

Muslim community ethnic group

Cape Malays are a South African ethnic group primarily descended from enslaved and exiled people from Southeast Asia and East Africa, known for their distinct Islamic heritage, cuisine, and cultural traditions, especially in Cape Town.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cape Malay	1
Cape Malays canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muslim community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Bo-Kaap NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Flats NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Muslim community ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Indonesian cultural traditions ⓘ Islamic heritage ⓘ Malay cultural traditions ⓘ
culturalPractice	Cape Malay choral competitions ⓘ Tuan Guru commemorations ⓘ use of Arabic-Afrikaans script historically ⓘ
demographicGroupWithin	Coloured population of South Africa ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	East African people ⓘ Indonesian people ⓘ Malay people NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asian people ⓘ Southeast Asian people ⓘ
historicalEvent	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOrigin	enslaved people at the Cape Colony ⓘ political exiles from the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Dutch Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Cape Malay choir traditions ⓘ Cape Malay cuisine ⓘ Cape Malay folk dress ⓘ Cape Malay music ⓘ Cape Town cultural festivals ⓘ distinct Islamic traditions in South Africa ⓘ
language	Afrikaans ⓘ Cape Malay Afrikaans NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ
primaryLocation	Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	distinct cultural community in South Africa ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution	mosques in Bo-Kaap ⓘ
religiousPractice	Ramadan fasting NERFINISHED ⓘ celebration of Eid al-Adha ⓘ celebration of Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
traditionalDish	akni ⓘ biryani ⓘ bobotie ⓘ bredie ⓘ denningvleis ⓘ frikkadel ⓘ koesisters ⓘ pickled fish ⓘ samoosas ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

District Six residents in Cape Town → ethnicComposition → Cape Malays ⓘ

Riaad Moosa → ethnicGroup → Cape Malays ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Malay