The Gambian Creole people, or Krio or Aku, are a minority ethnic group of Gambia with connections to and roots from the Sierra Leone Creole people.[3][4] In Gambia the Aku account for about 2% of the population. Some estimates put the figure higher. However, according to the 2013 Gambian Census, the Aku make up 0.5% of the population or around 8,477 people.[5]
Gambian Creoles are partly an extension of the Sierra Leone Creole community, and some Gambian Creoles have roots in the West Indies, North America, England, and various African communities. Some Gambian Creoles also have some European heritage through intermarriage and through their connections to Sierra Leone Creoles who settled in the Gambia between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[4]
In Sierra Leone, the terms 'Oku' or 'Aku Marabouts' or the 'Aku Mohammedans' refers to the Oku people, while in the Gambia, the term Aku refers to the Creole population not the Oku people. In the Gambia, "Aku Marabout" or Oku Marabout is the term used for the Oku people while Gambian Creoles or Akus in and around Banjul are Christian.[4]
Notable Gambian Creole people
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gambian Creole people news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Gambian Creole people or Krio or Aku are a minority ethnic group of Gambia with connections to and roots from the Sierra Leone Creole people 3 4 In Gambia the Aku account for about 2 of the population Some estimates put the figure higher However according to the 2013 Gambian Census the Aku make up 0 5 of the population or around 8 477 people 5 AkuTotal population1 2 of The Gambia s populationLanguagesKrio language EnglishReligionMajority Christianity 51 1 1 Significant Minority Islam 48 8 2 Related ethnic groupsAmerico Liberian African American Black British Gold Coast Euro Africans Sierra Leone Creoles Afro Caribbeans Contents 1 Origins 2 Language 3 Aku Marabouts 4 Notable Gambian Creole people 5 References 6 SourcesOrigins EditGambian Creoles are the descendants of Sierra Leone Liberated Africans Sierra Leoneans of Nova Scotian and Maroon descent transatlantic immigrants to the Gambia and liberated Africans released in the Gambia directly 3 Gambian Creoles are partly an extension of the Sierra Leone Creole community and some Gambian Creoles have roots in the West Indies North America England and various African communities Some Gambian Creoles also have some European heritage through intermarriage and through their connections to Sierra Leone Creoles who settled in the Gambia between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries 4 Historical populationYearPop 19735 596 198310 741 91 9 19937 458 30 6 200324 492 228 4 20138 477 65 4 Population Change 6 Language EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2021 Many Gambian Creoles speak the Krio language an English based creole also spoken by Sierra Leonean Creoles 7 4 Aku Marabouts EditIn Sierra Leone the terms Oku or Aku Marabouts or the Aku Mohammedans refers to the Oku people while in the Gambia the term Aku refers to the Creole population not the Oku people In the Gambia Aku Marabout or Oku Marabout is the term used for the Oku people while Gambian Creoles or Akus in and around Banjul are Christian 4 Notable Gambian Creole people EditThis is a list of notable Gambian Creole people This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources This article s list of people may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are members of this list or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations May 2022 Belinda Bidwell first female speaker of the National Assembly of The Gambia Mark Bright sports correspondent and former footballer Crispin Grey Johnson current Secretary of State for Higher Education of the Gambia Augusta Jawara nee Mahoney was a nurse playwright women s rights activist and former first lady 8 Julia Dolly Joiner politician and Commissioner of Political Affairs for the African Union Florence Mahoney author historian and first Gambian woman to be awarded a PhD Basiru Mahoney lawyer and Judge Dej Mahoney legal and business consultant Louise N Jie teacher feminist and first woman to serve as a cabinet minister in The Gambia Lenrie Peters surgeon novelist poet and educationist Edward Francis Small trade unionist nationalist and pan Africanist Susan Waffa Ogoo politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs John CarewReferences Edit Juffermans Kasper McGlynn Caroline 2009 A sociolinguistic profile of The Gambia PDF Retrieved July 11 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Juffermans Kasper McGlynn Caroline 2009 A sociolinguistic profile of The Gambia PDF Retrieved July 11 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b Frederiks M 2002 The Krio in the Gambia and the Concept of Inculturation Exchange 31 3 219 229 doi https doi org 10 1163 157254302X00399 a b c d Shaka Ashcroft 2015 Roots and Routes Krio Identity in Postcolonial London Black Theology 13 2 102 125 DOI 10 1179 1476994815Z 00000000051 Distribution of the Gambian population by ethnicity 1973 1983 1993 2003 and 2013 Censuses GBoS www gbosdata org Retrieved 2021 07 11 Distribution of the Gambian population by ethnicity 1973 1983 1993 2003 and 2013 Censuses GBoS www gbosdata org Retrieved 2021 06 17 Frederiks M 2002 The Krio in the Gambia and the Concept of Inculturation Exchange 31 3 219 229 doi https doi org 10 1163 157254302X00399 Saikou Jammeh A Hand of Destiny Archived 2012 04 19 at the Wayback Machine The Daily News 21 January 2011 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