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Also known as: Ivory Coast, République de Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
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Jean L. Comhaire
Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Juba, The Sudan. Sociologist, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Author of Urban Administration in Africa and others.
Jean L. Comhaire,
Nancy Ellen Lawler
Professor Emerita, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Ill. Author of Soldiers, Airmen, Spies, and Whisperers: The Gold Coast in World War II and others.
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'Talking drum' to return to Côte d'Ivoire as French government drags on restitution law • Nov. 19, 2024, 12:17 AM ET (Le Monde)
Road accident in Ivory Coast leaves 21 dead and at least 10 injured • Nov. 11, 2024, 10:03 AM ET (AP)

All African languages represented in Côte d’Ivoire belong to one of three subgroups of the Niger-Congo family: Kwa in the south, Mande in the northwest, and Gur in the northeast. A trade language, known as Dyula-Taboussi and akin to the Mande Bambara, is spoken throughout the country by Muslim traders, and français de Moussa is a pidgin French widely spoken in Abidjan. The official language is French.

Religion

Islam is followed by about two-fifths of the population, found primarily in the northwest and in Abidjan. About one-third of the population is Christian, mostly Roman Catholic or Evangelical. Also present in the country are followers of the Harrist faith, a syncretic religion indigenous to Côte d’Ivoire. Founded by William Wade Harris during World War I, it claims an estimated 100,000 adherents in the country.