Kankiya was later swept away by the Nonbwa River, and Siglipo came to be known as Grand Cess. Of these villages, the people of Matiye alone kept fields and canoe landing station separate from the others, suggesting it might have been settled by people of different origin.
According to Grebo oral tradition, some of their ancestors founded Grand Cess, Picininny Cess and Sasstown. The various traditions aren’t mutually exclusive. It is likely that both Klao and Grebo ancestors were involved in the town’s founding.
Footnote: Thomas Ludlam, “An account of the Kroomen, on the coast of Africa,” African Repository, April 1825, pp. 43-55; H. Scudder Mekeel, “Social administration of the Kru: A preliminary survey,” Africa 10 (1937): 75-96; Martin, 1968, p. 50; Innis, 1966, p. 142.
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