Kpelle

American  

[kuh-pel-uh] / kəˈpɛl ə /

noun

plural

Kpelles,

plural

Kpelle

1. a member of an Indigenous people living mainly in Liberia.

2. the Mande language of the Kpelle people.

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Example Sentences

Dominique Tolbert, who lives in New Rochelle, N.Y., is a granddaughter of Mr. Tolbert, the former president, and a descendant of Americo Liberians, as well as the Kpelle people, who are Indigenous to Liberia, and members of the African diaspora from Barbados.

From New York Times

Gbessa, a Vai woman, later finds herself in a position of power and tells some tribal workers in English: “No Bassa, no Kpelle, no Vai people on my farm … We Liberian here.”

From The Guardian

Twins are thought by the Kpelle to do wonders; they even say that "a twin surpasses every medicine-man."

From Project Gutenberg