Adjoukrou people
{{Short description|Ethnic group and tribe of Ivory Coast}}
{{infobox ethnic group
| group = Adjoukrou
| image =
| population = 140,000 (2017){{e25|adj|Adioukrou}}
| popplace = Ivory Coast
| languages = Adjoukrou, French
| religions = ethnic religions, Christianity
| related = Other Atlantic–Congo-speaking peoples
Especially Abbé and Abidji
}}
The Adjoukrou people, also known as the Adyukru, Adioukrou, Adyoukrou, Ajukru, and the Bubari, are an ethnic group and tribe of the Ivory Coast indigenous to the Dabou area of the Grands-Ponts region of the country's Lagunes District.{{Cite book|last=Cortés López|first=José|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/835983739|title=Diccionario histórico-etnográfico de los pueblos de África|publisher=Mundo Negro|year=2009|isbn=9788472952102|location=Madrid, Spain|pages=10–11|language=Spanish|oclc=835983739|access-date=}}{{Cite web|title=OLAC resources in and about the Adioukrou language|url=http://olac.ldc.upenn.edu/language/adj|access-date=2021-09-04|website=olac.ldc.upenn.edu}}
Demographics
The Adjoukrou people are considered a Sub-Saharan Peoples associated most closely with the Guinean people cluster of Central African ethnic groups. The Adjoukrou affiliate with the Lagoon culture group present in their region of the Ivory Coast.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
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% and 60%.
= Language =
{{Main|Adjukru language}}
The Adjukru language, belongs to the Kwa languages 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% Protestants of any type and 10% adhering to Catholicism. Around 3% of the Christian population adhere to Evangelicalism of any kind, likely a proportion of the independent Christian churches figure.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
See also
References
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