The coast and forest from the Farmington and St John rivers to the Cestos.
The Bassa speak a Kru language; their history before the European trade is unrecorded. On 1 January 1200 Kru-speaking farmers and fishers probably held this coast; nothing more can be said.
Who holds it
- Title
- Town and lineage heads
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Customs
Not known for 1200; in later times town chiefs and elders, and secret societies.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Linguistic evidence only.
On the map: Drawn from the later Bassa lands.
Sources and studies
- Kru people (Wikipedia, citing Connelly 1856, G. Brooks, J. Gunn)
- Researcher's general knowledge of the ethnography and linguistic geography of Ghana and Togo (present-day distributions), used only to place peoples whose 1200 seats are not recorded
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.