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The Guro who are part of the larger Mande ethnic group in West Africa can be found primarily in the areas of Haut-Sassandra and Marahoue. They are bordered by the Bete(s), to the the west and Baule(s), to the east.
The Guro people migrated from Mali and settled in the central belt of Côte D’Ivoire between the 13th and 16th centuries, inhabiting something of a crossroads in West Africa. They are bordered by the forested equatorial coast to the south, with its long history of maritime trade.
The Guro people, also called Kweni, are from the Ivory Coast in the valley regions of the Bandama River. They originated the north and northwest, driven by Mande invasions in the second half of the 18th century. From 1906-1912, they were brutally colonized by invading French colonials.
The Guro who are part of the larger Mande ethnic group in West Africa can be found primarily in the areas of Haut-Sassandra and Marahoue. They are bordered by the Bete(s), to the the west and Baule(s), to the east.
The Guro people are from Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso, although some of them live in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
In Guro culture, distinctions are made between masquerades that are the focus of cults and those that are more secular in nature. A sequence of three sacred masks centers around Zamble, a mythical male being whose form fuses antelope and leopard features.
Guro, people of the Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), in the valley regions of the Bandama River; they speak a language of the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages. The Guro came originally from the north and northwest, driven by Mande invasions in the second half of the 18th.
