The next immigrants to Cape Mount were the Gola, who met the Dey and Vai. Also living here were the Kuwaa (Belle) and Bassa, cousins of the Dey. In what is now known as Bomi, the Gola established towns known as Zoodi, Todien and Sugbulum (on the current Bomi Hills road).
Some Gola moved further south, where they placed themselves under the protection of their old trading partners, the Vai and Dei in Kone, Cape Mount. When the Mende arrived near Cape Mount, there was already a Gola-Vai hybrid clan living in the area.
Footnote: d’Azevedo, 1959, pp. 53-54, 57, 63; Bureau of Folkways, 1955, p. 53.Oglivy, 1670, p. 381; for oral traditions, see Germain, 1984, p. 67; Johnson, 1961; Person, 1961.
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