Falaba is a rural town in Solima chiefdom, Falaba District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The population of Falaba is largely from the Yalunka...
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SS Falaba was a British cargo liner. She was built in Scotland in 1906 and sunk by a U-boat in the North Atlantic in 1915. The sinking killed more than...
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towns in Falaba District include Falaba, Sikunia, Krubola, Musaia Ganya and Mansadu. Falaba District is divided into thirteen chiefdoms. Falaba District...
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Thrasher incident (section Falaba)
War I. On 28 March 1915 the German U-boat U-28 sank the British steamship Falaba by torpedo, killing more than 100 people. One of the victims was a passenger...
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Moyamba Kailahun Bonthe Kambia Towns and villages Alikalia Binkolo Daru Falaba Gbinti Kamakwie Kaima Koindu Lungi Lunsar Madina Mange Mano Matru Momaligi...
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Falaba Issa Traoré (1930 – August 8, 2003) was a Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and theatre and film director. Born in Bougouni, Traoré directed...
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novelist. Aminata Traoré (1942– ), author, politician and political activist. Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003), writer, comedian, playwright and director. Malian...
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west, Tonkolili District to the south-west, Kono District to the south, Falaba District to the east, and the Republic of Guinea to north east. Diamond...
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towns, most notably Karina, in Bombali District in the north; Kabala and Falaba in Koinadugu District in the north; and Yengema, Kono District in the east...
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Bonthe District, Southern Region – Paramount Chief Alie Badara Sheriff Falaba District, Northern Region – Paramount Chief Fasalie Kulako Demba Marrah...
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Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone (section Falaba District)
Wollay Barawa Chiefdom; which moved to Falaba District. Lost area to Kamadu Yirala Chiefdom; which moved to Falaba District. Dansogoia – Bumbuna Gbonkolenken...
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Freetown). The SLPP also has large minority support in Koinadugu District and Falaba District in the north of the country. The SLPP also has significant minority...
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towns, most notably Karina, in Bombali District in the north; Kabala and Falaba in Koinadugu District in the north; and Yengema, Kono District in the east...
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region of Sierra Leone. It comprises the following four Districts: Bombali, Falaba, Koinadugu and Tonkolili. The Northern Province covers an area of 35,936 km2...
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Thrasher incident, in which a German U-boat sank the British steamship Falaba with a U.S. citizen on board, provided a major blow to the cause of American...
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Town 5,641 335,401 506,100 Bombali Northern Makeni 7,895 408,390 606,544 Falaba Northern Bendugu 205,353 Koinadugu Northern Kabala 12,121 265,758 409,372...
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Thrasher incident, a German submarine stopped a British passenger ship, the Falaba on the surface. Eyewitnesses reported the submarine gave the ship only around...
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Koinadugu District in the North, particularly in the towns of Kabala and Falaba, where they form the majority of the population. The Mandingo make up the...
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(born 1967) Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952) Aminata Traoré (born 1942) Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003) Mady Ibrahim Kante (born 1982) Abdoulaye Ascofaré...
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notably RMS Titanic, RMS Lusitania, and RMS Empress of Ireland; and also Falaba, which gave rise to the Thrasher incident. Bigham was born in Liverpool...
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people of Upper Guinea, others migrated and established new towns such as Falaba near the region where Rokel River starts, while the remaining of the Yalunka...
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HMS Irresistible, HMS Ocean, U-29 25 Mar: USS F-4, Tamar 27 Mar: Aguila 28 Mar: Falaba Other incidents 5 Mar: Dongola, Espagne 15 Mar: HMS Nymphe 18 Mar: Gaulois...
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Freetown to explore the areas past the Solimana capital of Falaba. He was detained in Falaba by the local King Seedwa, who imprisoned him for three months...
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HMS Irresistible, HMS Ocean, U-29 25 Mar: USS F-4, Tamar 27 Mar: Aguila 28 Mar: Falaba Other incidents 5 Mar: Dongola, Espagne 15 Mar: HMS Nymphe 18 Mar: Gaulois...
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Traoré, Guinean politician Eric Traoré (born 1996), Burkinabé footballer Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003), Malian writer Fodie Traore (born 1985), French...
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Bendugu is the capital and largest town of Falaba District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone[1]. Bendugu is a very rural town and is also the seat...
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Mongo is a chiefdom in Falaba District of Sierra Leone with a population of 29,294. Its principal town is Bendugu. "FINAL RESULTS 2004 POPULATION AND HOUSING...
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capital and largest city of Karene District is Kamakwie Karene along with Falaba District are the two new districts of Sierra Leone formed in December 2017...
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state of the nineteenth century with a capital at the fortress town of Falaba. Situated on rich trading routes in what is now Sierra Leone, Solimana was...
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1884) was a Yalunka King of the Solimana who blew up a magazine and much of Falaba, the capital of Solimana, killing himself, his family and other leaders...
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