Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. By Ignite Liberia
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 42
Population: 4,430,800
Unreached people groups: 21
UPG population: 2,885,700
Unengaged UPGs: 3
UUPG population: 149,600
Number of countries: 6
Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African
Overview: Kru refers to a linguistic group found today in southwest Côte d'Ivoire and southern Liberia. The people groups that comprise the Kru people cluster tend to live along the Atlantic coast where they make their living as fishermen and subsistence farmers. Christianity and traditional animist beliefs are widely practiced among these peoples.
-- James S. Olson, The Peoples of Africa. London: Greenwood Press (1996), p. 308
Peoples within this cluster: Aizi, Tiagbamrin; Bassa; Bete; Bete, Gagnoa; Dewoin; Dida, Lakota; Dida, Yocoboue; Ega; Gbii; Glaro-Twabo; Glio; Godie; Grebo, Barclayville; Grebo, Gboloo; Grebo, Globo; Grebo, Northern; Grebo, Seaside; Guere, Central; Kouya; Krahn, Tchien; Krahn, Western; Kru; Krumen, Pye; Krumen, Tepo; Kuwaa; Kwadia; Neyo; Nyabwa-Nyedebwa; Sapo; Siamou; Tajuasohn; Wane; Wobe
Countries where they are found: Burkina Faso; Cote d’Ivoire; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; United States
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