Madam Yoko (Mammy Yoko) was a brilliant and ambitious woman who used her friendship with the British to gain control of Kpaa Mende, but in the end that very friendship may have destroyed her. As a child, she was called Soma but acquired the name Yoko at her Sande initiation where she attracted admiration for [...]
Sir Milton Augustus Strieby Margai (1895-1964) Sir Milton Margai was born in Gbangabatoke in what is now Banta Chiefdom, Moyamba District, on December 7, 1895. The eldest son of the prominent businessman, Mr. M.E.S. Margai of Bonthe, he received primary and secondary education at the E.U.B. school, Bonthe, and the Albert Academy in Freetown, respectively. [...]
Salia Koroma was born in Segbwema although his parents had come from Kpa-Mende country. As a young man, Salia’s father left him in the care of his mother while he went to seek his fortune elsewhere. Salia was anxious to go to school but his uncles, who were responsible for him in the absence of [...]
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