Guro people
Between the Baule and the Yaure to the west, the Malinke to the north and the Bete and We to the south Guro
people live surrounded by savannah and forest.
They migrated from the north during the 16 th century and number about 200,000. Originally they were called Kweni, but they were violently colinized between 1906 and 1912 and were given the Baule name Guro by the invading French colonials. Guro village has
rounded houses in the northern area and rectangular houses in the southern region. Viliagage is regulated
by a council of elders, representing each main family, and by secret societies. The Guro Farm predominant coffee and cocoa — the men clear the fields and the women plant.
Guro art is characteristically elegant. Their artistic output is dominated by masks carved with elongatedfaces, concave profiles and slanted eyes.