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Kwi (Liberia)
Kwi is a Liberian term used to connote Westernization, adherence to Christianity (versus indigenous religions), a Westernized first name and surname, literacy through a Western-style education, and adherence to a cash economy instead of a subsistence economy, regardless of an individual's ethnic origin.〔(of Liberia", EveryCulture.com )〕 However, it has historically denoted strong adherence to Americo-Liberian cultural norms, although one need not identify as ethnically Americo-Liberian in order to be kwi.〔(Lawrence Bart Breitborde, ''Speaking and Social Identity: English in the Lives of Urban Africans'', pg. 193-194 )〕
==Etymology==
The term kwi has roots in the Kpelle word ''kwi-nuu'' (foreigner or civilized person).〔(Ayodeji Olukoju, ''Culture and Customs of Liberia, 2006, pg. 112 )〕 The Kpelle tribal members defined kwi as a person who spoke fluent English and wore Western attire. They also associated kwi status with Monrovia, Liberia's capital city, which they referred to ''kwi-taa'' (foreigner town or civilized town).
The Kru tribe also used the term kwi to identify the Americo-Liberian settlers - many of whom were mulattoes - and it was the same word that Krus used to describe whites.〔(Howard Temperley, ''After Slavery: Emancipation and its Discontents'', pg. 81 )〕
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