Cess

Cess is associated with the Cestos River and the coast of what is now Liberia. The river, also known as the Nuon or Nipoué, flows through forest country to the Atlantic. Its lower course connects the inland waterways with coastal settlements and landing places.

During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, European traders sought ivory and malagueta pepper in the Cess River region. Coastal African traders and canoe crews mediated exchange between ships and shore. These transactions linked the river mouth to the wider Grain Coast while drawing on local knowledge of surf and landing places.

The later city of Greenville lies here.