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The diverse culture of Ivory Coast, a coastal West African country bordered by Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea, is exemplified by a multitude of ethnic groups, events, festivals, music, and art.
Pages in category "Culture of Ivory Coast" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
In 2023, Ivory Coast had the second-highest GDP per capita in West Africa, behind Cape Verde. [14] Despite this, as of the most recent survey in 2016, 46.1% of the population continues to be affected by multidimensional poverty. [15] In 2020, Ivory Coast was the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans and had high levels of income for its ...
The Baule or Baoulé / ˈ b aʊ ˌ l eɪ / (Baule: Baule [ba.u.le]; French: baoulé [bawle]) are a Akan people and one of the largest ethnicities in Côte d'Ivoire.The Baoulé are traditionally farmers who live in the centre of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), in a French braid shaped region (the Baoule “V”) between the rivers Bandama and N'Zi.
The other two major Islamic brotherhoods have few adherents in Ivory Coast. [7] The Senoussiya is identified with Libya, where its influence is substantial. [7] The Ahmadiyya, a sect originating in nineteenth-century India, is the only non-Sunni order in Ivory Coast. [7] The significant religious authority is the marabout. [7]
The Bété are an Ivory Coast group with strong cultural and artistic links to the Dan, the We and the Guro, among others. The Bété are a tribe of the Kru ethnic group. There are 93 distinct subgroups within the Bété group.
The basic unit of Dan culture is the family. Dan culture is patrilineal and polygamous, so this unit comprises a husband, one or more wives and their children. [5] Lineages, or groups of people descended from a common ancestor in the paternal line, live in distinct sections of the town, which are called quarters in Liberian English.
They migrated and settled along various points of the West African coast, notably Freetown, Sierra Leone, but also the Ivorian and Nigerian coasts. [4] The Kru-speaking people are a large ethnic group that is made up of several sub-ethnic groups in Liberia and Ivory Coast. In Liberia, there are 48 sub-sections of Kru tribes, including the Jlao ...