Kuranko

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• The anthropologist Michael D. Jackson, who carried out extensive anthropological research among the Kuranko, indicates that during his first fieldwork in 1969-1970:

  Academic text (2007)

• Excluding the Guinea forest regions, all four forms might be connected through some original center, perhaps in the Sankaran Kuranko region of Guinea, or they may have all derived from northern Mande sources.

  Academic text (2007)

• Kuranko tradition has it that they were preceded in their own descent to their present region in particular areas by the Kissi.

  Academic text (1990)

• The term connotes unity despite differences, for the Kuranko were developing their own political movement before the election; Kuranko stamped cloths became a symbol of it.

  Academic text (2007)

• To the northeast live the Yalunka (Dialonk of Djallonke) and further east the Kuranko; all three peoples spill over into Guinea-Conakry.

  Academic text (2007)

• Among the neighboring Kuranko, same-sex twin pairs seem to be considered a single sexual entity, as twin girls must marry the same man and twin men must marry the same girl (Parsons 1964:42).

  Academic text (2008)

• It is not clear whether among the refugees there were any from the Limba, Yalunka, and Kuranko with knowledge of hu ronko processing, but it is likely that there were refugee artists, as Aherne has suggested to me.

  Academic text (2007)

• The Kuranko people are known for their rich cultural heritage and traditions.

• In Sierra Leone, the Kuranko celebrate a unique festival every year to honor their ancestors.

• Many Kuranko individuals speak both their native language and English fluently.

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