The Adjoukrou people, also known as the Adyukru, Adioukrou, Adyoukrou, Ajukru, and the Bubari are an
ethnic group and
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of the
Ivory Coast indigenous to the
Dabou
Dabou is a port town in southern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Lagunes District and the Grands-Ponts Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of the Dabou Department. Dabou is also a commune.
The town is served by Dabou ...
area of the
Grands-Ponts
Grands-Ponts Region (also originally known as Leboutou Region) is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Lagunes District. The seat of the region is Dabou and the region's popula ...
region of the country's
Lagunes District.
Demographics
The Adjoukrou people are considered a
Sub-Saharan Peoples associated most closely with the Guinean people cluster of
Central Africa
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n ethnic groups. The Adjoukrou affiliate with the Lagoon culture group present in their region of the
Ivory Coast.
According to ''
Ethnologue'', the Adjoukrou population numbered at around 140,000 in 2017.
[ There is no indication that the Adjoukrou are significantly present outside of Ivory Coast.][
Literacy rates among the Adjoukrou are estimated at between 30% to 60%.][
]
Language
The Adjukru language, belongs to the Kwa languages
The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory Coast, across southern Ghana, and in central Togo. The name was introduced 1895 by Gottlob Kr ...
group of languages.[
]
Religion
The religious breakdown of the tribe is mainly Christian with a majority of 90% of Adjoukrou adhering to Christian of any type and 10% believing in indigenous ethnic religions of any type. The Christian population is broken down as follows with the majority of around 60% belonging to independent Christian churches, 30% Protestant
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s of any type and 10% adhering to Catholicism
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. Around 3% of the Christian population adhere to Evangelicalism of any kind, likely a proportion of the independent Christian churches figure.
See also
* Adjukru language
References
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Ethnic groups in Ivory Coast