indigenous peoples of Liberia

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The indigenous peoples of Liberia are the diverse ethnic groups native to the region, including communities such as the Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, and others, who long predated the modern Liberian state and maintain distinct languages, cultures, and social structures.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Liberian people 1
indigenous peoples of Liberia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group collection ⓘ
citizenship Liberian ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
contributeTo Liberian national culture ⓘ
country Liberia ⓘ
culturalExpression drumming and dance ⓘ
masking and masquerade ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalPractice Poro society ⓘ
Sande society ⓘ
secret societies ⓘ
face land rights issues ⓘ
political marginalization ⓘ
governedBy traditional chiefs ⓘ
haveDistinct cultures ⓘ
languages ⓘ
social structures ⓘ
historicalRelation Americo-Liberian settlers ⓘ
includeEthnicGroup Bassa people ⓘ
Belle people ⓘ
Dan people ⓘ
Dey people ⓘ
Gbandi people ⓘ
Gio people ⓘ
Gola people ⓘ
Grebo people ⓘ
Kissi people ⓘ
Kpelle people ⓘ
Krahn people ⓘ
Kru people ⓘ
Loma people ⓘ
Mandingo people ⓘ
linked to: Mandinka people

Mano people ⓘ
Mende people ⓘ
Mende-speaking communities ⓘ
Vai people ⓘ
languageFamily Gur languages ⓘ
Kru languages ⓘ
Mande languages ⓘ
Mel languages ⓘ
practice shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
predate modern Liberian state ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
roleIn Liberian civil wars ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Americo-Liberian settlers → governed → indigenous peoples of Liberia ⓘ
Liberian diaspora → hasEthnicOrigin → Liberian people ⓘ
linked to: indigenous peoples of Liberia