Loko
people
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history of western Africa
- In western Africa: The wider influence of the Sudanic kingdoms
…such as the Mende and Loko, while some West Atlantic peoples who retained their original language, such as the Temne, accepted a new aristocracy of Mane provenance.
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population of Sierra Leone
- In Sierra Leone: Ethnic groups
Loko in the north; the Kono and Kisi in the east; and the Sherbro in the southwest. Minor groups include the coastal Bullom, Vai, and Krim and the Fulani and Malinke, who are immigrants from Guinea concentrated in the north and east. The Creoles—descendants of…
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