Susu

Susu, people living in the southern coastal regions of Guinea and the northwestern parts of Sierra Leone. They speak a dialect of Susu-Yalunka, a language belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo languages. In Sierra Leone, villages are grouped under a paramount chief into small chiefdoms of about 3,000 to 6,000 persons each. Every Susu belongs to a patrilineal clan identified by name and totem animal. Marriage between cross-cousins is favoured, and polygynous unions...