Krio people

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Creole_people
gptkbp:colonialRole intermediaries between British colonial authorities and indigenous groups
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Freetown
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:Western
African
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
The Gambia
gptkbp:educationRole pioneers of Western education in Sierra Leone
gptkbp:historicalEvent founding of Freetown in 1792
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Krio people
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Akan
gptkb:French
gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Wolof
gptkb:Efik
gptkb:Sussex_dialect_(English)
gptkb:Kongo
English
Portuguese
Igbo
Mandinka
Yoruba
Mende
Temne
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkbp:mainLanguage Krio
gptkbp:migratory from Britain
from Jamaica
from Nova Scotia
from United States
from West Africa
from the Caribbean
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:gospel
gptkb:Afrobeat
folk
highlife
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor
gptkb:Adelaide_Casely-Hayford
gptkb:Isaac_Wallace-Johnson
gptkb:John_Ezzidio
gptkb:Sir_Samuel_Lewis
gptkb:Edward_Wilmot_Blyden
gptkbp:origin descendants of freed African American, West Indian, and Liberated African slaves
gptkbp:population about 1.5% of Sierra Leone's population
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:African-American
gptkb:Liberated_Africans
gptkb:Nova_Scotian_Settlers
gptkb:West_Indian_Settlers
gptkb:Jamaican_Maroons
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:socialStructure patrilineal
nuclear family
gptkbp:tradition ancestor veneration
gptkbp:traditionalDress gptkb:Aku_dress
gptkbp:traditionalFood jollof rice
cassava leaves
okra soup
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Western_Area_Urban_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5