Mano people

Mano is an ethnic group of Liberia. This group uses the Mano language, which belongs to the Mande language family.

Mano people in Liberia

Populating much of northeast Liberia, the Mano tribe is one of the most significant indigenous groups in Liberia due to its history, culture, and health problems.

The tribe has also drawn attention from other countries for the masks they create. Due to their rareness and scarcity, the masks are very expensive and wanted in major art museums.[1][2][3] George Way Harley is one of many Mano mask pursuers who dedicated a portion of his life looking for the masks.[4]

People of the Mano tribe were one of the main indigenous groups bred into rebel soldiers during the First Liberian Civil War. The war was known to have started in areas heavily populated with people of the Mano tribe.

The HIV epidemic within the Mano tribe is a major concern.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Adams, M (2010). "Locating the Mano Mask". African Arts 2 (43): 16–37. doi:10.1162/afar.2010.43.2.16.
  2. ↑ Adams, M (2009). "Both sides of the collecting encounter: The George W. Harley collection at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology". Museum Anthropology 1 (32): 17–32. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1379.2009.01018.x.
  3. ↑ Petridis, Constantine (2012). "A "Harley Mask" at the Cleveland Museum of Art". African Arts 1 (45): 16-31. doi:10.1162/afar.2012.45.1.16.
  4. ↑ Harley, George Way (1941). Native African medicine: with special reference to its practice in the mano tribe of Liberia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  5. ↑ Chiodi, F; G. Biberfield; E. Parks; E. Norrby; M. Mufson (1989). "Screening of African sera stored for more than 17 years for HIV antibodies by site-directed serology". European Journal of Epidemiology 1 (5): 42–46.
  6. ↑ Irwin, M; D. McLaughlin (1970). "). ABILITY AND PREFERENCE IN CATEGORY SORTING BY MANO SCHOOLCHILDREN AND ADULTS". Journal Of Social Psychology 1 (82): 15-24.
  7. ↑ Mutanda, L; M. Mufson (1974). "Hepatitis B antigenemia in remote tribes of northern Kenya, northern Liberia, and northern Rhodesia". The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 4 (130): 406. doi:10.1093/infdis/130.4.406.