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

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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