Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Kpelle people (also known as the Guerze Kpwesi Kpessi Gerse Mpessi Berlu Gbelle Bere Gbalin Gizima or Buni) are located primarily in an area of central Liberia extending into Guinea. They speak the Kpelle language which belongs to the Mande language family.Despite their yearly heavy rainfalls and rough land the Kpelle survive mostly on their staple crop of rice.