Roots and Routes

Krio Identity in Postcolonial London

Bibliographic Data

ID20209683
AuthorsShaka Ashcroft (Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume13
Issue2
Pages102-125
Publication date2015-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBlack Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/1476994815z.00000000051
OpenAlexW1640220209
LanguageEN
References cited22

The question of identity is important to all humans. This is true of the Krios from The Gambia. The Krios are an ethnic group that consists of liberated formerly enslaved people. Most of these Krios came to The Gambia from Sierra Leone and Liberia from around 1831 to 1833 during the governorship of Sir Charles McCarthy. They came as labour to help Colonial Gambia develop her economy and to supplement The Gambia militia in times of need, while others came to increase their knowledge at colleges and universities. When the Krios came to The Gambia they settled in Banjul and McCarthy Island. Divisions in the communities gave rise to a new set of identities, which were different from the various countries from which they had been liberated. However, today there are claims that apart from the fact that they have developed new identities, the Krios have also maintained some of their indigenous traditions. The salient question, therefore, is the extent to which the Krios in The Gambia have developed new i

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