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Rarabe (circa 1722-1787), son of Xhosa Chief Phalo, was the first Paramount Chief of the Rarabe or Ngqika (Gaika) branch of the Xhosa (1775-87). The...
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Isa (18?-1891) was the chief of Kaliere, a province of the Solimana state in the extreme northeast of Sierra Leone. He occupied an uncomfortable position...
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Charles Heddle (1812-187?) was an outstanding businessman who pioneered the export trade in peanuts (groundnuts) from Sierra Leone, and became in time the most prosperous...
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Gombu Smart or Koko (18th-early 19th centuries) was an ex-slave who became a powerful chief, ruling at Rokon near the Rokel (Sierra Leone River in...
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Gbanya Longo (18?-1878) was the last great ruler of the Kpaa-Mende (the western branch of the Mende, in south central Sierra Leone) in the pre-colonial...
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Gbanka (?-May 1898) was Fula Mansa of Yoni Temne, a chiefdom about 112 km (70 mi) due east of Freetown. He opposed the British in...
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Fomgboe (who lived in the mid and later 19th century), a Loko leader, was the ruler of Tembu, a town in Lower Loko country, to...
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Edjumbu (circa 1880-1937), an extremely wealthy polygamous trader of the Ndolo people, used his riches, geographical location, and local influence to gain an important position...
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Dusu Sori (circa 1840-circa March 15 or 16, 1940), was ruler of the Dembelia-Musaia chiefdom in north-eastern Sierra Leone from about 1881 to 1940, except...
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Alimamy Dura I (later 19th century-September 14, 1946) was paramount chief of Safroko Limba, a former chiefdom under the Biriwa Limba in northern Sierra Leone....
