Kissi: Ethnic Group in Africa
By: Kennedy B. & Deonna H.
Country & Language
Located in Liberia, Guinea, & Sierra Leone
Speaks loanwords from the Malinke and Mende language, also Niger-Congo language.
Food
Rice-main dish
meat/fish- usually used as the sauce of the meal
Size of the Kissi Ethnic Group
150 people each village
Housing
Houses are rounded with mud walls, coned shaped roofs and verandahs.
Spread between urban and rural areas.
Clothing & Customs
Western style dressing & West African attire.
Ancestor worship is a major custom of the Kissi people
History of the Kissi
The Kissi ethnic group are in the countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The chief and elders have the powers over the people and villages. Christianity and Traditional ethnic are the religions they practice.
Three things that the Kissi ethnic group has dealt with when interacting with the Europeans include:
- Social dispute
- Hostilities between ethnic groups
- Family famines