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Grebo people
The name Grebo (or Glebo) is used to refer to an ethnic group or subgroup within the larger Kru group of West Africa, to certain of its constituent elements, or to the Grebo language. Within Liberia members of this group are found primarily in Maryland County and Grand Kru County in the southeastern portion of the country, but also in River Gee County and Sinoe County. The Côte d'Ivoire Grebo population Krumen is found the southwestern corner of that country.
A recent estimate of their numbers in Liberia is approximately 387,000.〔Johnstone and Mandryk, 2001 ().〕 There are an estimated 48,300 Grebo in Côte d'Ivoire, not counting refugees.〔SIL, 1993 (). This is taking the Krumen groups as ''Grebo'' according to the ISO 639-2 subfamily or branch.〕 Precise numbers are lacking, since many have been displaced by the recent civil war.
==Who are the ''Grebo''?==
Because the only means for early European explorers and Americo-Liberian colonists to reach the area of Cape Palmas was obviously by sea, the first group in the area with which they came into contact and established prolonged relations were the Seaside Grebo, or Glebo;〔Classified as a dialect of Southern Grebo by ISO 639-3.〕 thus they came to be known simply as ''the Grebo''. To this day, in the absence of other qualification, the term ''Grebo'' will be taken, as often as not, to refer simply to this group in particular.
Considerable ambiguity and imprecision continue to exist with respect to the use of the term Grebo; it is not always clear precisely which group it is intended to denote. Some of this ambiguity has evolved historically, as the name was generalized from that of the first group contacted by Americo-Liberian colonists in the area which became Maryland County. Lack of specificity and further imprecision were created as its use was extended to other, lesser-known groups in inland areas. Furthermore, this confusion has been perpetuated, intentionally (for whatever purpose) or unintentionally, by its use as a cover-label for groups in the area known to be different, but which are conveniently considered as the same.
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