The Temne, also called Atemne, Témené, Temné, Téminè, Temeni, Thaimne, Themne, Thimni, Timené, Timné, Timmani, or Timni, are a West African ethnic group...
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Temne (also Themne, Timne; IPA [t̪emnɛ][missing the tones]) is a language of the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Temne speakers live mostly...
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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...
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Caste systems in Africa (section Temne people)
hierarchy may have been adopted among the Temne from the nearby Mandinka people, Fula people and Susu people. The caste hierarchy and social stratification...
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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...
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to approximately 18 ethnic groups, with the Temne and Mende peoples being predominant. The Creole people, descendants of freed African-American, Afro-Caribbean...
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Kingdom of Koya (redirect from Koya Temne)
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...
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of the Mandé peoples.: 6 In this respect Walter Rodney places them alongside the Landuma people, the Baga people, and the Temne people. The Simo is a...
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Foday Sankoh (category Temne people)
Mayoso, Tonkolili District in the Northern part of Sierra Leone to an ethnic Temne father and a Loko mother. Sankoh was the son of a farmer. Sankoh attended...
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Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone (section Temne)
south-east and the Temne people of the northwest of Sierra Leone. The largest group are the Temne, at 35.5% of Sierra Leone's population. The Temne predominate...
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