The Kru, Krao, Kroo, or Krou are a West African ethnic group who are indigenous to western Ivory Coast and eastern Liberia. European and American writers often called Kru men who enlisted as sailors or mariners Krumen.

Kru, any of a group of peoples inhabiting southern Liberia and southwestern Côte d’Ivoire. The Kru languages constitute a branch of the Niger-Congo family. The Kru are known as stevedores and fishermen throughout the west coast of Africa and have established colonies in most ports from Dakar, Senegal, to Douala , Cameroon.

2020年6月20日 · The people of Kru are a tribe of West Africa from South-Eastern Liberia and the neighboring Côte D’ivoire. Kru migrated and settled in different parts of the West African coasts, in particular Sierra Leone, Freetown, Cameroon, and Nigeria. It is said that Kru people have historical relations with Nigeria's Ijaws.

2017年2月1日 · In 1856, the Kru clashed with The Republic of Maryland, Liberia’s former name. The Grebo people, a subgroup within the Kru ethnic group, assisted in the resistance and their victory over the Maryland settlers became the stuff of legend.

The Kru, Kroo, Krou or Kuru are a West African ethnic group who are indigenous of southern Liberia and southwestern Ivory Coast. Some Krus are also living in Ghana. The Kru languages constitute a branch of the Niger-Congo family. The Kru people are a large ethnic group that is made up of several sub-ethnic groups in Liberia and Ivory Coast.

2013年2月7日 · The Kru people inhabit a homeland in coastal southeastern Liberia and neighboring Cote d`Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Some Kru have also migrated to the neighboring Sierra Leone to work as fishermen and dockworkers.

It will thus be seen that the Northern or Upper Kru are Liberian, whereas the Southern or Lower Kru are now French subjects. Of the more important tribes of the Upper Kru, on the Atlantic sea-board, the Gbeta occupy Sankwe, the immediate coast south of the river Cess and have an outpost at Pekin Cess; then there are the Kabo, the Buto, the Krao ...

2018年7月15日 · Ever ready to fight for what belongs to them, it is recorded that in 1856 when part of Liberia was still known as the independent Republic of Maryland, the Kru, along with the Grebo people, a ...

2022年4月15日 · The Krus are a West African ethnic group who are indigenous to eastern Liberia. During the Slave trade era, they were infamous amongst European slave traders as being especially opposed to capture.

2014年4月7日 · The Kru speaking peoples of eastern Liberia. The official number of tribes in Liberia is 16 but an estimated 31 different languages are spoken in the country.