Tags: Ethnic Group.
Kissi people is an ethnic group living in Guinea Sierra Leone and Liberia. They speak the Kissi language which is a Niger–Congo language. They are well known for making baskets and weaving on vertical looms. In past times they are also famous for their iron working skills as the country and its neighbors possess rich deposits of iron. Kissi smiths produced the famous Kissi penny an iron money that was used widely in West and even Central Africa.