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In 1642, a Susu caravan of 1,500 people led by Touré, Fofana, Yansané, Youla, and Doumbouya from the North, invaded the city of Forécariah.Directed by Fode Katibi Touré and his brothers Fodé Boubacar Fofana and Fodé Boubacar Yansané, their primary mission was to Islamize the natives of the said locality who were Temne people.
The Temne predominate in the Northern Province, Sierra Leone and the areas around the capital of Sierra Leone. The vast majority of Temne are Muslim, and a small population practice Christianity. The Temne are thought to have come from Futa Jallon, which is in present-day Guinea. They have strong relationship with the Fullaa and Susu they are ...
Temne can refer to: Temne people, an ethnic group of Sierra Leone; Kingdom of Koya or Temne Kingdom, 1505-1896 state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone; Temne language, spoken by the Temne people; Temne War, an 1801–1805 conflict; Temne-Susu War, an 1815 conflict
People of Temne descent (2 P) Pages in category "Temne people" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Mende are one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone; their neighbours, the Temne people, constitute the largest ethnic group at 35.5% of the total population, which is slightly larger than the Mende at 31.2%. [1] [3] The Mende are predominantly found in the Southern Province and the Eastern Province. The Mende are mostly farmers ...
Temne (also Themne, Timne; IPA [missing the tones]) is a language of the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Temne speakers live mostly in the Northern Province and Western Area, Sierra Leone. Temne people can be found in a number of other West African countries as well, including Guinea.
The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone.. The kingdom was founded by the Temne ethnic group in or around 1505 by migrants from the north, seeking trade with the coastal Portuguese in the south.
Naimbanna II (c. 1720 – 11 November 1793) was Obai (King) of the Temne people of Sierra Leone.He was known to be a kind ruler. [1]: 198 In 1786, the British government agreed to help the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor in relocating freed Africans to West Africa, and intended to purchase land from the Temne people.