The Sherbro language (also known as Southern Bullom, Shiba, Amampa, Mampa, and Mampwa) is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Mel...
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and acculturation. The Bullom So (Mani) language is a Niger-Congo language of Mel subgroup. It is closely related to Kisi, Sherbro, Kim and Bom. The most...
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Morris Sherbro Charley Sherbro Bullom Sherbro Caulkers Sherbro Clevelands Sherbro Hubbards Sherbro Macfoy Sherbro Rogers Sherbro Rutile Sherbro Tuckers...
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divided into Southern Bullom (Krim and Sherbro) and Northern Bullom (Bullom So). The languages are: Bom (Krim), Bullom So (Mmani), Sherbro. They are closely...
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Section. The people of Nongoba Bullom are both Bullom and Sherbro. The chiefdom gets its name from Nongoba, a bullom fisherman from Pujehun, who entered...
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(Koba) Guinea Timne Temne (Western) Sierra Leone Bulom Bullom (Kafu) Sierra Leone Mampa Bullom (Sherbro) Sierra Leone Kisi Kissi Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia...
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capital is the town of Bonthe Island and its largest city is Bonthe, on Sherbro Island. As of the 2015 census, the district had a population of 200,730...
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small rural fishing town in Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom, Bonthe District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The Sherbro people mainly inhabit the town...
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Baga languages Bullom–Kissi Bullom languages Kissi Fields (2004) splits Mel into a Highlands group originating in Guinea, and also a Bullom-Kisi-Gola group...
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primary sources. He argued that the major battle against the Bullom happened on or near Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone. The Quoja, rather than being a Kru-speaking...
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District in the south are the Sherbro. Native to Sierra Leone, they have occupied Sherbro Island since it was founded. The Sherbro are primarily fisherman and...
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In the coastal rainforest belt there were Bulom-speakers between the Sherbro and Freetown estuaries, Loko-speakers north of the Freetown estuary to...
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multiethnic) succeeded by: (History of Sierra Leone) Bullom Loko (Loko people) Bureh/Bure Sherbro (Sherbro people) Baté Empire (16th century–19th century AD)...
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Loko, Kafu Bullom, Loko Masama, Marampa, and Masimera; but he also had dealings with merchants and leaders further north and in the Sherbro territory to...
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and Sierra Leone rivers as well as in neighboring areas such as the Bullom and Sherbro coasts. These settlers intermarried with the local population leading...
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Bullom-Kissi Sherbro bul tɪŋ ræ hyo̠l o̠ = French au in aube' mɛn mɛn-buk (5 + 1) mɛn-tɪŋ (5 + 2) mɛn-ra (5 + 3) mɛn-hyo̠l (5 + 4) wāŋ Mel, Bullom-Kissi...
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Bungain buu I/L Budu buv I/L Bun buw I/L Bubi 布比语 буби bux I/L Boghom buy I/L Bullom So buz I/L Bukwen bva I/L Barein bvb I/L Bube bvc I/L Baelelea bvd I/L Baeggu...
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peoples whose ancestry were indigenous to present-day Sierra Leone are the Bullom, Kissi, and Krim peoples. In 1364, Jehan li Roanois (alternately called...
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Public Service Commission. Paramount Chief Bai Sherbro Sheka Beilay Komkanda II, Mahera, Kaffu Bullom, Port Loko District. Paramount Chief Vandi Pabai...
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