Buduma people

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The Buduma people are an ethnic group living around Lake Chad, traditionally reliant on fishing and cattle herding, whose culture has been significantly shaped by Islam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alsoInCountry Cameroon NERFINISHED
Niger NERFINISHED
Nigeria NERFINISHED
alternativeName Boudouma NERFINISHED
Boudouma people NERFINISHED
Yedina NERFINISHED
boatType reed canoe
cattleType large-horned Kuri cattle
continent Africa
cultureInfluencedBy Islam NERFINISHED
economicRoleOfCattle bridewealth
milk production
status symbol
environment floodplains
wetlands
ethnonym Buduma NERFINISHED
inhabits Lake Chad region NERFINISHED
language Buduma language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageSubfamily Chadic languages NERFINISHED
livelihoodVulnerability Lake Chad shrinking
climate change
regional conflict
neighboringGroup Hausa people NERFINISHED
Kanuri people NERFINISHED
primaryCountry Chad NERFINISHED
region Central Africa
Sahel NERFINISHED
regionType islands of Lake Chad
marshes of Lake Chad
religion Islam
religionType Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
religiousPractice Islamic festivals
mosque attendance
socialOrganization clan-based structure
subsistenceStrategy fishing-based economy
semi-nomadic pastoralism
traditionalEconomicActivity cattle herding
fishing
island agriculture
pastoralism
traditionalHousing papyrus huts
reed huts
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam local animist beliefs
usesAnimal Kuri cattle NERFINISHED
usesResource island pastures
papyrus
reeds

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