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Karimu (18?-1892) was a powerful Soso warrior chief, who waged continuous war with the Limba to defend and extend his chiefdom, using the uncertain relations...
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Domin Konteh Kanfori (14th century), a folk hero, was the leader of the earliest wave of Soso migrants into Sierra Leone. This wave was the...
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Kai Tongi (?-1973) was a paramount chief of Kissi Tongi in Kailahun district in Eastern province, Sierra Leone from 1942 to 1952. During his brief...
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Kai Samba I (1902-January 3, 1956), originally called Alpha Lalugba Kalei Samba, was a vigorous and progressive paramount chief of Nongowa in southeastern Sierra Leone,...
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Kemoko Bilali (who flourished in the later 19th century) was a Mandinka from Torong in what is now the Republic of Guinea. He became one...
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Kai Londo (circa 1845-airca 1896) was a famous warrior who through the defeat of a great rival in war became the supreme chief of Luawa,...
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Jan Hendrik (“Onze Jan”‘ Hofmeyr, (July 4, 1845-October 16, 1909), was a Cape Afrikaner political leader. He was educated in Cape Town at Tot Nuit...
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Jan (Frederik) Hendrik Homeyr (March 20, 1894-December 3, 1948), classicist and politician, was the son of Andries Brink Hofmeyr and Deborah Catherina, née Beyers. His...
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Nyagua (circa 1842-1906) was a warrior chief of great consequence in eastern Mende country, and ruler of Panguma, one of the largest states in the...
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Lilian Masediba Ngoyi (1911-March 12, 1980) was president of the Federation of South African Women and, in 1956, the first woman to be elected to...
