Sierra Leone Traditional States
Aku
c.1826
Aku kingdom
1880
Incorporated into Sierra Leone.
Rulers
c.1826 - 1840
Thomas Will
(d. 1840)
1840 - 5 Dec 1867
John Macaulay (Atapa)
(b. c.1800 - d. 1867)
5 Dec 1867 - 1880
Isaac Benjamin Pratt
(d. 1880)
Alkali
1898
Abolished by British colonial authorities.
Rulers
1817 - 1825
Moriba Kindo Banguro
(d. 1825)
1825 - 1826
Kunia Banna (Jack Coby)
1826 - 1840
Fatima Brima Kama
1840 - ....
Moribu Kindu
1859 - 1872
Bai Kanta (Alexander)
(d. 1872)
1872 - 1890
Vacant
1890 - 1898
Bai Kompa Bokari Bombali
(William Rowe)
1898
Fula Mansa Gbanka
(d. 1898)
Caulker Chieftancies
Note: In the mid-18th century, two Englishmen, James
Cleveland and Skinner Caulker settled in what is now Sierra Leone, intermarried
with locals, and established themselves rulers of several coastal districts.
In an early feud between the two families, the Clevelands were eliminated,
but the Caulkers prospered and founded dynasties which had great impact on
Sierra Leonean history throughout the Nineteenth Century. Though the kingdoms
they set up have not endured, the Caulker family is still very numerous and
influential in the nation.
Banana (Plantain) Islands
c.1770
Banana (or Plantain) Islands settlement (a small island off
the southern shores of the Freetown Penisula).
1820
Incorporated into Sierra Leone colony, Caulker
dynasty moves to Bumpe.
Chiefs
c.1770 - 24 Mar 1791
James Cleveland
(b. 1754? - d. 1791)
1791 - 1797
William Cleveland
(d. 1797)
1791 - 1810
Stephen Caulker
(d. 1810)
(in opposition to 1797)
1810 - 1820
Thomas Stephen Caulker
(d. 1832)
Bompey (Bumpe)
1820
Bompey (Bumpe) chiefdom under Caulker dynasty in south-central
Sierra Leone, concentrated in the northwestern
portion of
Southern Province.
1888
Incorporated into Sierra Leone.
Chiefs
1820 - 1832
Thomas Stephen Caulker
(s.a.)
1832 - 1842
Charles Caulker
(d. 1842)
1842 - 1857 Canrah Bah (Careybah) Caulker
(d. 1857)
1857 - 1864
Thomas Theophilus Caulker
1864 - 1888
Richard Canreba Caulker
(d. 1901)
(1st time)
1888 - 1895
Vacant
1895 - 1898
Richard Canreba Caulker
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1898 - 1901
Vacant
1901 - 19..
James Canreba Caulker
Shenge
1810
Shenge chiefdom founded by Caulker family in coastal district
southeast of Banana Island, and north of Sherbro
Island.
1861
British protectorate.
1888
Incorporated into Sierra Leone.
Chiefs
1810 - 1831
George Stephen Caulker I
(d. 1831)
(Ba Charch)
1831 - 1842
Thomas Stephen Caulker (Ba Tham) (d. 1871)
(1st time)
1842 - 1849
Vacant
1849 - 15 Aug 1871
Thomas Stephen Caulker (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Aug 1871 - 1881
George Stephen Caulker II
(d. 1881)
1881 - 1888
Thomas Neale -Regent
(d. 1898)
Dembelia-Musaia
Rulers
18.. - 1881
Ba Hammadi (1st time)
(d. 1888)
1881 - 1884
Dusu Sori (1st time)
(d. c.1940)
1884 - 1888
Ba Hamadi (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1888 - ....
Dusu Sori (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Kafu
Bulom
Rulers
.... - 1826
George I
1826 - 18..
George II
Kpaa Mende
1919
Disintegration of state.
Rulers
18.. - 185.
Gbenyei
185. - 1878
Gbanya Lango
(d. 1878)
1878 - Aug 1906
Yoko (f)
(b. c.1849 - d. 1906)
1906 - 26 Dec 1917
Lamboi
(b. c.1860 - d. 1917)
1908 - 1919
Kpungbu Kangaju -Regent
Kpaka (Gallinas)
Rulers
18.. 184.
Siaka
184. - 1872
Manna Siaka
1872 - ....
Jaya
1913 - 1916
John Mannah-Kpaka (1st time)
(b. c.1865 - d. 1945)
1917 - 1932
Momo Rogers
1932 - 1945
John Mannah-Kpaka (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1945 - 19..
Momo Tibo Rogers
Morea (Melakori)
1885
State extinguished.
Rulers (title Almaami)
c.1825
Amara
c.1842
Mora Alifa
18.. - 1865
Fodi Wise
(d. 1865)
1865 - 1866
Maligi
1866 - 1885
Kande Bakari
Nieni
Rulers
bf.1850 - 187.
Yirimusukali
187. - 1921
Bambafara
(b. 183. - d. 1921)
Nongowa
Rulers
1898 - 1908
Matolo (f)
1908 - 1918
Humonya (f)
19.. - 1942
Momh Vangahun
17 Feb 1942 - 3 Jan 1956 Alfa Lalugba Kalei-Samba
(b. 1902 - d. 1956)
Panguma
Rulers
18.. - 1889
Faba Kpovowa
(d. 1889)
1889 - 1898
Nyagua
(b c.1842 - d. 1906)
Safroko
Rulers (title Almaami)
1907 - 1916
Umaru
1916 - 14 Sep 1946
Dura I
(d. 1946)
1947 - 19..
Dura II
Susu
Rulers
1806 - 1817
Alimami Brima Konkori Sankoh (d. 1817)
c.1840
Bamba Mina Lahai (in Maligia)
c.1854/73
Sattan Lahai (in Rowula)
18.. - 1885
Sori Gbay (in Samaya)
1885 - 1892
Karimu
Temne
(Koya-Temne)
c.1505
Temne (Koya-Temne) kingdom.
31 Aug 1896
British protectorate.
Rulers (style Bais)
1680 - 1720
Naimbanna I (in Port Lokko)
1720 - 11 Nov 1793
Naimbanna II (at Robanna)
(d. 1793)
1793 - 1807
Farima IV (Farama)
1807 - 1817
Bai Foki
1817 - 1825
Moriba Kindo Bangura, Alikali (d. 1825)
1825 - 1826
Kunia Banna, Alikali (Jack Coby)
1826 - 1840
Fatima Brima Kama, Alikali -Queen
1840 - 1859
Moribu Kindo
1859 - 1872
Bai Kanta (Alexander, Conteh)
1872 - 1890
Vacant
1872 - 18..
Alimani Lahai Bundu -Regent
1890 - 1898
Bai Kompa Bakari Bombolai
(William Rowe) (in Koya)
1887 - 1898
Bai Burech (Kabalai)(1st time) (d. 1908)
(in Kasseh)
1898
Fula Mansa Gbanka
1905 - 1908
Bai Burech (Kabalai)(2nd time) (s.a.)
(in Kasseh)
Ko-Fransa
17..
Subchiefdom of Temne (Ko-Fransa).
18..
Incorporated into Bumpe.
Chiefs
17.. - 1788
Tom I
(d. 1788)
1788 - May 1796
Jimmy
(d. 1796)
1796 - 1807
Tom II (Pa Kokelly)
1793 - 1807
Farima IV
1807 - 1817
Bai Foki
1817 - 1859
Vacant
Tonko Limba
Rulers
c.1836
Bombo Lahai
af.1838 - 188.
Bilali (Mori Lamina)
188. - 1884
Keleha Horo
1884 - 1911
Bombo Lahai Konko Gbanku
(d. 1911)
1911 - 1922
....
1922 - 1931
Bombo Lahai Yusuf
(d. 1940)
1921 - 1952
Brima
1952 - 17 Aug 1975
Bombo Lahai Brima
(d. 1975)
Wonkafong
Rulers
c.1794
Fenda Modu
c.1800 - 1841
Dala Modu
(d. 1841)
1841 - Oct 1847
Amara Fenda Modu
(d. 1847)
1847 - 1860
Kala Modu
1860 - 18..
Fenda Sahessi Modu
Yoni
Rulers
c.1825
Banka (Kong Kuba)
18.. - 1879
....
1879 - 1898
Kpana Lewis
(d. 1912)
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