Gola (ethnic group)

Gola (ethnic group)

language family; as of as of 1991, it is spoken by approximately 107,000 people.

Charles Taylor, who ruled Liberia between 1997 and 2003, was of mixed Gola and Americo-Liberian ancestry.

The name "Gola" is a possible source for the name of the Gullah, a people of African origin living on the islands and coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, in the southeastern United States.


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