Kru people

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The Kru people are a West African ethnic group primarily found in Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, historically known as skilled seafarers and traders who strongly resisted enslavement and colonial domination.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kru people canonical 10
Kru peoples 4
Western Kru 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm ritual masks ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
colonialEraStatus important labor source for European shipping ⓘ
colonialPowerEncountered France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States (via Liberia) ⓘ
country Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade associations ⓘ
elaborate initiation rites ⓘ
masking traditions ⓘ
demographyCountry minority in Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
significant minority in Liberia ⓘ
ethnonym Kru ⓘ
historicalRole crew on European ships along the West African coast ⓘ
migrant laborers in coastal shipping ⓘ
knownFor maritime trade ⓘ
resistance to colonial rule ⓘ
resistance to enslavement ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
language Kru language ⓘ
linked to: Kru languages
languageBranch Kru branch of Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageFamily Kru languages ⓘ
musicTradition call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
notableTrait refusal to be sold as slaves ⓘ
strong ethnic identity ⓘ
partOf Niger–Congo ethnolinguistic family ⓘ
politicalOrganization village-based leadership ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bassa people ⓘ
Grebo people ⓘ
Krahn people ⓘ
Wee (Guere) people ⓘ
linked to: Guéré people
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
settlementArea Liberian coast ⓘ
southwestern Côte d'Ivoire coast ⓘ
socialOrganization segmentary lineage system ⓘ
subgroupOf Bassa people ⓘ
Grebo people ⓘ
Krahn people ⓘ
Sapo people ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
seafaring labor ⓘ
trading ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Krahn people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kru people ⓘ
Kru languages → ethnicGroupAssociated → Kru peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Kru peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Grebo people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Kru peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Grebo people → neighboringGroup → Kru people ⓘ
Grebo culture → relatedEthnicGroup → Kru people ⓘ
Vai people → neighboringPeoples → Kru people ⓘ
Krahn → languageBranch → Western Kru ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Krahn → partOf → Kru peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Clay Ashland → hasEthnicGroup → Kru people ⓘ
Amos Sawyer → ethnicGroup → Kru people ⓘ
western Côte d'Ivoire → hasEthnicGroup → Krou peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Bushrod Island → ethnicGroup → Kru people ⓘ
Bassa language → languageBranch → Western Kru ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Sapo language → subfamily → Western Kru ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Tchien language → subfamily → Western Kru ⓘ
linked to: Kru people
Tchien language → spokenBy → Kru ethnic groups in Liberia ⓘ
linked to: Kru people