The Sherbro people are a native people of Sierra Leone, who speak the Sherbro language; they make up 1.9% of Sierra Leone's population or 134,606.

2014年1月7日 · The Sherbro are said to be the oldest tribe in Sierra Leone. They’re a coastal people who inhabit most of the lowland coastal areas of Sierra Leone. The Caulker family goes back to the 1500’s. You can google the Sherbro to get a more historical account.

Sherbro Island was long inhabited by the Sherbro people, who historically dominated other ethnicities in much of the region on the mainland. The islanders had an economy based on extensive fishing. They also traded by boat with neighboring people in villages along the coast.

The Sherbro (also known as Bullom-speaking) peoples believe they have always lived in the coastal regions where Hall visited them. Their homelands occupy most of the low-lying southwestern coast of Sierra Leone, from the Ribi to Bum Rivers, including the Turtle, Sherbro, and Plantain Islands, and extending inland for some 15 to 30 miles (see map ).

The Sherbro people are a native people of Sierra Leone, who speak the Sherbro language. They make up 1.9% of Sierra Leone's population or 226,000 (Peoplegroups.org, 2023).

The Sherbro people are a native people of Sierra Leone. The Sherbro are found primarily in their homeland in Bonthe District, where they make up 40% of the population, in coastal areas of Moyamba District, and in the Western Area of Sierra Leone, particularly in Freetown.

2024年6月28日 · The Sherbro people primarily reside in the coastal regions of Sierra Leone, including Bonthe Island – which, for this reason, is also known as Sherbro Island. Most Sherbro people are fishermen and coastal traders, and they have long been marrying into Krio and Mende communities, to the extent that Sherbro language is rapidly declining and may ...

The Sherbro people and their language have been subjected to a great number of social and cultural forces since the first mention of the language and the people in colonial times. The Documenting the Sherbro Language and Culture project documents the language and records its speakers’ remarks on the language and culture, on their lives, and ...

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2023年7月18日 · Daniel Flickinger Wilberforce provides a vivid portrayal of the Sherbro people of Sierra Leone in this book. Wilberforce was born and raised in Sherbro country and this book is a first-hand account that offers a glimpse into the customs, …