Kreooli kultuur
Ethnic groups in Africa of African-American descent
Sierra Leone, founded by the British to serve as a colony for freed slaves, has a Creole ethnic
group whose ancestors migrated from Canada, where many were Americans who had fought
with the British and settled there after the American Revolutionary War; the British West Indies,
and various parts of West Africa. Their offspring (born in the Freetown colony) came to be
known as Creoles or its similar Krio. Some of these Creoles or Krios were of mixed
ancestry.Similarly, the United States established a colony for freed slaves in what became
Liberia. Descendants of African-American immigrants were often called Creoles. Many of the
African-American immigrants and their descendants were of mixed ancestry.Creoles from these
two nations emigrated to other African countries, such as Equatorial Guinea, where they were
known as Krios; or Nigeria, where they were known as Saros. Some scholars report that a new