Sierra Leone Creole people

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sierra_Leone_Creole_people

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Krio_people
gptkbp:containsSettlement	gptkb:Aberdeen gptkb:Charlotte gptkb:Gloucester gptkb:Leicester gptkb:Waterloo gptkb:York gptkb:Kent gptkb:Sussex gptkb:Bathurst gptkb:Bureh_Town gptkb:Freetown_Peninsula gptkb:Wilberforce gptkb:regency gptkb:Cline_Town gptkb:Congo_Town gptkb:Kissy gptkb:Tasso_Island gptkb:Banana_Islands Bunce Island
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkbp:culture	African influences Western influences
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Gambia gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	pioneers in education in West Africa prominent in colonial administration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sierra Leone Creole people
gptkbp:languageFamily	creole language
gptkbp:mainLanguage	Krio
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor gptkb:Sir_Samuel_Lewis gptkb:Constance_Cummings-John
gptkbp:origin	descendants of freed African American, West Indian, and Liberated African slaves
gptkbp:population	about 1.5% of Sierra Leone's population
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Freetown
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:African-American gptkb:Native_American_tribe gptkb:Liberated_Africans gptkb:Nova_Scotian_Settlers gptkb:West_Indians Recaptives
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:settlementPeriod	late 18th and early 19th centuries
gptkbp:traditionalDress	gptkb:Aku_dress
gptkbp:traditionalFood	cassava leaves okra soup krain krain
gptkbp:traditionalMusic	gptkb:palm-wine_music gumbe
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Creole_peoples gptkb:Thomas_Peters gptkb:Americo-Liberian gptkb:Jamaican_Maroons gptkb:Christopher_Okoro_Cole
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5