Madam Yoko or Mammy Yoko (ca. 1849–1906) was a leader of the Mende people in Sierra Leone. Combining advantageous lineage, shrewd marriage choices and...
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director Madam Yoko (1849–1906), leader of the Mende people in Sierra Leone Yoko, Benin, an arrondissement in the Plateau department of Benin Yoko, Cameroon...
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her friendship with the British. Because Madam Yoko supported the British, some sub-chiefs rebelled, causing Yoko to take refuge in the police barracks....
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Position of Women. Unpublished manuscript, 1976. Easmon, M. C. F. (1958) Madam Yoko: Ruler of the Mendi Confederacy. Sierra Leone Studies (n.s.) 11: 165-168...
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the Mende had female chiefs and war leaders. One such female chief, Madam Yoko (1849–1906), was the leader of the vast Kpa Mende Confederacy. She was...
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Leone (reigned 1961–1971) Koya Temne Fatima (reigned 1826–1840) Kpa Mende Madam Yoko (reigned 1878–1906) Jaga Mussasa (reigned in the 17th century) Tembandumba...
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Creoles moved to other professions such as medicine and teaching. In 1878, Madam Yoko became the Queen of Kpaa Mende Seneghum, which had become one of the largest...
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retaliation against Yoni warriors for raiding a British client chief, a Mende, Madam Yoko. De Winton's 200 soldiers, 50 police, and naval detachment are joined...
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Hindolo Trye B. J. Tucker Andrew Turay Edward Turay Peter Vandy Isaac Wallace-Johnson Madieu Williams Julius Wobay Amadu Wurie Madam Yoko Kandeh Yumkella...
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Congress (APC). Lucy Gulama, Chief consort of Paramount Chief Julius Gulama. Madam Yoko, ruler of the Kpa Mende Confederacy. Momoh Gulama, Paramount Chief of...
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