5 entries
Ethnic groups · pre-1822 and continuing
Dei people
The people of Cape Mesurado itself — small in number, decisive in 1821–22.
Ethnic groups · pre-1822 and continuing
Gbandi people
Southwestern Mande farmers and traders of the upper Lofa, holding the road between Loma country and the Gola forest.
Ethnic groups · pre-1822 and continuing
Gola people
Mel-speaking forest people of the Lofa–St Paul interior, custodians of a formidable Poro.
Ethnic groups · pre-1822 and continuing
Mende people
Southwestern Mande of the north-western borderland, whose expansion reshaped Poro and Sande across the Vai and Gola country.
Ethnic groups · pre-1822 and continuing
Vai people
Coastal Mande traders between Cape Mount and the Mano, later authors of the Vai script.