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Kissi people. The Kissi people are a West African ethnolinguistic group. [5] They are the fourth largest ethnic group in Guinea, making up 6.2% of the population. [6] Kissi people are also found in Liberia and Sierra Leone. They speak the Kissi language, which belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. [7]
Kissi (or Kisi) is a Mel language of West Africa, There are two dialects, northern and southern, and both are tonal languages. The northern dialect is spoken in Guinea and in Sierra Leone. The southern dialect is spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The two dialects are notably different, but are closely related.
The Loma people, sometimes called Loghoma, Looma, Lorma or Toma, are a West African ethnic group living primarily in mountainous, sparsely populated regions near the border between Guinea and Liberia. [3][4] Their population was estimated at 330,000 in the two countries in 2010. [5] They are closely related to the Mende people.
Liberia is renowned for its detailed decorative and ornate masks, large and miniature wood carvings of realistic human faces, famous people, scenes of everyday life, and accessories particularly combs, spoons, and forks which are often enlarged sculptures. Sculptures are produced in both the countryside and cities.
The term is now popularly used in Kenya to refer to Abagusii people. [9] Among the Abagusii, the name Kisii does not refer to the people, but to a town—Kisii, also called Bosongo or Getembe [10] by the locals, is the major native urban centre of the Abagusii people. The name Bosongo is believed to have originated from Abasongo, which means ...
Tamba Taylor, also spelled 'Tailor', (September 1898 – October 2000) was a long-serving paramount chief of the Kissi people, Lofa County, Liberia. [1] Taylor served as part of the collective presidency of Liberia 1995–1997. Taylor was born on 29 September, 1898, in a Kissi family in Milimalah, Kissi Chiefdom (in present-day Foya District).
Liberia was the first African republic to proclaim its independence and is Africa's first and oldest modern republic. Along with Ethiopia, it was one of the two African countries to maintain its sovereignty and independence during the European colonial "Scramble for Africa".
20,569. Foya is a town in the Foya District of Lofa County, Liberia. Located 66 kilometers from Voinjama, it is home to the Kissi -speaking tribes of Liberia. Foya shares border with Sierra Leone and Guinea; it is the major trade link for the people in the far north of Lofa County. Hon William T. Kamba is the district commissioner of Foya.