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The Kpelle are the largest ethnic group of the West African nation of Liberia, and are important also in southeastern Guinea (where they are also known as Guerze). They speak the Kpelle language.
For the 2006 PBS program African American Lives, African American television personality Oprah Winfrey had her DNA tested. This genetic genealogy test determined that her maternal line probably originated among the Kpelle ethnic group, in the area that today is Liberia.
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- Stone, Ruth M. (1982). Let the Inside Be Sweet: The Interpretation of Music Event Among the Kpelle of Liberia. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
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