The forest between the Sassandra and the Bandama and the shore from Tabou to Fresco.
Its peoples speak Kru languages and lived in later times in patrilineal lineages and villages with no chiefs above them. Nothing is recorded of them in 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lineage and village heads; war leaders
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Customs
Patrilineal lineages; villages; no chiefs above the village in later times.
Assemblies
Village elders.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Linguistic evidence and later ethnography.
On the map: Drawn from the later Kru-speaking 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.