Sierra Leonean Creole people

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Krio_people
gptkbp:ancestry	gptkb:African-American gptkb:West_Indian Liberated African
gptkbp:colonialRole	gptkb:priest educators administrators
gptkbp:containsSettlement	gptkb:Freetown
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	gptkb:missionary gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade gptkb:British_colonialism
gptkbp:culture	Westernized
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Gambia gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:district	predominantly urban
gptkbp:education	high literacy rate
gptkbp:historicalEvent	Freetown founded in 1792
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sierra Leonean Creole people
gptkbp:language	Krio
gptkbp:languageFamily	creole language
gptkbp:majorityLocation	gptkb:Western_Area,_Sierra_Leone
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:Native_American_tribe gptkb:Liberated_Africans gptkb:Nova_Scotian_Settlers Afro-Caribbeans Recaptives Aku people
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:socialClass	historically elite
gptkbp:traditionalDress	gptkb:Aku_dress
gptkbp:traditionalFood	Pepper soup Krio stew
gptkbp:traditionalMusic	Palm-wine music Gumbe
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Salako
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8