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Part III

Chapter 9

Kingdoms and Chiefdoms

Vai Confederacies · Kru States · Grebo Territories · Kpelle Leadership · Gola Political Systems

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Map 8. Vai and Gola political zones of the northwest coast
Map 8. Vai and Gola political zones of the northwest coast. Chiefdoms, confederacy centres, and the corridor between the Cape Mount lagoons and the interior markets.Original cartography prepared for this volume.
Map 9. Kru and Grebo coastal settlement, Cape Palmas to Cape Mesurado
Map 9. Kru and Grebo coastal settlement, Cape Palmas to Cape Mesurado. Named landing beaches, town clusters, and the reefs that governed where a canoe could work the surf.Original cartography prepared for this volume.