ABSTRACT

Kono country covers about 2,200 square miles in the centre of the eastern region of Sierra Leone, and small outlying groups are found in the hinterland of Liberia. Neighbouring tribes of the Sierra Leone Kono are, in the east, the Kissi, in the south, Mende, in the west, Temne, and in the north Koranko. Most of both Kono and Koranko country is at least 1,000 feet above sea level.