Kru people

E807112

West African people ethnic group

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kru peoples	2
Kru people canonical	1

Statements (48)

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

Referenced by (3)

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

Krahn people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kru people ⓘ

Kru languages → ethnicGroupAssociated → Kru people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kru peoples

West Africans → hasSubgroup → Kru people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kru peoples