Rice and kola farmers of the forest edge where Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia meet, living in villages under lineage heads.
Soapstone figures (pomdo) dug up in their fields are kept as ancestral images; their age is not known. Across the Liberian border the gui sheet takes up the Kissi and their neighbours.
Who holds it
- Title
- Village and lineage heads
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Nothing is recorded for 1200. The Kissi speak an Atlantic (Mel) language and are thought to have held a wider country before the Mande expansions.
How things stand that morning
Presumably self-governing.
Customs
Lineage villages; ancestor cult with the stone figures (later evidence).
Assemblies
Not recorded.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later evidence only.
On the map: Back-projected.
Sources and studies
- Researcher's knowledge of the Kissi; no web source read for this record
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.