About: Itsekiri people     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : yago:WikicatEthnicGroupsInNigeria, within Data Space : dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com/c/V4dDazdcY

The Itsekiri (also called the Isekiri, iJekri, Itsekri, Ishekiri, or Itsekhiri) are one of the Yoruboid subgroup of Nigeria's Niger Delta area, Delta State. The Itsekiris presently number 2.7 million people and live mainly in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria. Significant communities of Itsekiris can be found in parts of Edo and Ondo states and in various other Nigerian cities including Lagos, Benin City, Port Harcourt and Abuja. Many people of Itsekiri descent also reside in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. The Itsekiris are closely related to the Yoruba of South Western Nigeria and also close to the Okpe people and Edo peoples.The Itsekiris traditionally refer to their land as the

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Itsekiri people (en)
  • Itsekiris (ca)
  • Itsekiris (fr)
  • Itsequiris (pt)
  • Итсекири (ru)
  • Ітсекірі (uk)
rdfs:comment
  • Итсекири (джекри, джакри) — этническая группа в южной Нигерии, расселенная вокруг города Варри. (ru)
  • Os itsequiris (itsekiris), xequiris (shekiris), chequiris (Chekiris), ixequiris (ishekiris), ichaquiris (ichakiris), jequiris (jekiris), ijequiris (ijekiris), jecóis (jekois), iuerês (iweres), issequivis (isekivi), 'irobôs (irhobos), uarnes (warns) ou iselema-otus são um povo da África Ocidental que havia o oeste da Nigéria. Falam um dialeto iorubá. Durante o período do comércio atlântico de escravos, o Reino Itsequiri desempenhou um relevante papel, assegurando a obtenção de escravos nos grupos do interior e vendendo-os aos europeus. Hoje a terra natal dos itsequiris foi muito influenciada pela descoberta de petróleo e gás natural. (pt)
  • Ітсекі́рі (Itsekiri; інші назви: джекрі, ісекірі або ішекірі) — етнічна група в Нігерії. (uk)
  • Els itsekiris, itsekris, ishekiris, itsekhiris, jekris o isekiris són un grup ètnic del Delta del Níger, a l'Estat del Delta, a l'extrem sud de Nigèria. Hi ha uns 812.000 itsekiris que viuen a les LGAs de Warri (South, North i South West), i Ethiope També hi ha comunitats d'itsekiris que viuen a l'estat d'Edo i al d'Ondo, així com a altres ciutats nigerianes com Lagos, Sapele, Benin City, Port Harcourt i Abuja i a altres països trobem persones d'ascendència itsekiri al Regne Unit, Estats Units i Canadà. Els itsekiris tradicionalment es refereixen al seu territori com el Regne de Warri o Iwerre, que és la zona dels tres LGAs de Warri. Aquesta zona és un territori clau, ja que està al centre de bosses importants de petroli i gas natural i hi ha diversos pous i refineries, sobretot a la metr (ca)
  • The Itsekiri (also called the Isekiri, iJekri, Itsekri, Ishekiri, or Itsekhiri) are one of the Yoruboid subgroup of Nigeria's Niger Delta area, Delta State. The Itsekiris presently number 2.7 million people and live mainly in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria. Significant communities of Itsekiris can be found in parts of Edo and Ondo states and in various other Nigerian cities including Lagos, Benin City, Port Harcourt and Abuja. Many people of Itsekiri descent also reside in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. The Itsekiris are closely related to the Yoruba of South Western Nigeria and also close to the Okpe people and Edo peoples.The Itsekiris traditionally refer to their land as the (en)
  • Les Itsekiri (aussi appelés Isekiri, iJekri, Itsekri, Ishekiri ou Itsekhiri) sont un groupe ethnique de la région du Delta du Niger au Nigeria, dans l'État du Delta. Les Itsekiri comptent actuellement un peu moins d'un million de personnes (600 000 d'après l'encyclopédie Britannica) et vivent principalement dans les districts de Warri Sud, de Warri Nord et de Warri Sud Ouest, dans l'État du Delta, sur la côte atlantique du Nigeria. (fr)
foaf:name
  • Itsekiri (en)
name
  • Yoruboid (en)
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Children_dancers_known_as_omoko_dance.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ethnic_flag_of_the_Itsekiri_people.jpg
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git147 as of Sep 06 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3332 as of Dec 5 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (378 GB total memory, 71 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software