BEOKU-BETTS, ERNEST S.
ERNEST SAMUEL BEOKU-BETTHS Ernest Samuel Beoku-Betts (March 15,1895-september 23,1957) was one of the most outstanding Krio (Creole) liberals of his time. As one of the first three Africans to be elected to the Legislative Council of Sierra Leone in 1924, he served as first urban member until 1927, when he became its vice-president. He was […]
SIBTHORPE, AARON B. C.
AARON BELISARIUS COSIMO SIBTHORPE Aaron Belisarius Cosimo Sibthorpe (circa 1840-June 20, 1916) was the first historian of Sierra Leone He was probably brought to Sierra Leone as a boy, on a slave ship, as a recaptive, from what is now Nigeria. He grew up at Gloucester village near Free- town. He was educated at the […]
SHORUNKEH-SAWYERR, A. J.
Alfred James Shorunkeh-Sawyerr (circa 1861-May 18, 1929), bookseller, printer, journalist, and eventually practicing lawyer, was a forceful and outspoken participant in public affairs in the last days of Krio (Creole) influence over colonial policy. He was born about 1861, the son of T.J. Sawyerr, an established printer and bookseller who had opened the first bookshop […]
MORLAI LIMBA, PA
Pa Morlai Limba [17?-circa 1815]was a leading Limba warrior who fought wars of expansion in the early 19th century. He was such a formidable opponent that it required an alliance between a Limba and a Temne chief, as well as the help of powerful Fula newcomer, the Bunduka, to prevent his threatened invasion of their […]
MOMO KAI KAI
MOMO KAI KAI Momo Kai Kai (circa 1812-circa 1900) was a warrior chief in southwest Sierra Leone, who by the end of the 19th century had become the most influential ruler of the southern coastal region. He was a steadfast supporter of the colonial administration through the re- Sistance struggles of 1898 and after. Born […]
