Kpelle

Handsome and from the Kpelle ethnic group that populated the area around our family farm, Kakata, he grew up with Daddy and had been with the Cooper family all his life.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

Liberia is a country the size of Ohio, with two million people and twenty-eight different tribes, including the Kru, the Gio, the Kpelle, and the Bassa.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

While at Sugar Beach we were surrounded by the Bassa people from the Bassa village of Bubba Town, the area around the farm was largely Kpelle.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

I could hear the Kpelle women talking in the distance.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

To get farina, we had to go to the Kpelle village on the farm.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

They became acquainted and shared accounts of their research: Lester Monts studying changes in music in western Vai villages where Islam was spreading, Ruth Stone working on cueing patterns among Kpelle musicians further north.

Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: The EVIA Digital Archive 2007

As she now comes to terms with her Kpelle heritage, we are all the better for her journey.

Archive 2007-02-01 ____Maggie 2007

As she now comes to terms with her Kpelle heritage, we are all the better for her journey.

Finding Oprah's Roots (copy) ____Maggie 2007

They became acquainted and shared accounts of their research: Lester Monts studying changes in music in western Vai villages where Islam was spreading, Ruth Stone working on cueing patterns among Kpelle musicians further north.

Archive 2007-02-01 2007

Liberia is a country the size of Ohio, with two million people and twenty-eight different tribes, including the Kru, the Gio, the Kpelle, and the Bassa.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009