Kaiyamba Chiefdom

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Kaiyamba Chiefdom
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CountryFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
Province Southern Province
District Moyamba District
Capital Moyamba
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Kaiyamba Chiefdom is a chiefdom in Moyamba District of Sierra Leone. [1] Its capital is Moyamba.

Kaiyamba traces its history back to a warrior named Kaiyamba, who is suggested to be a member of the Kpaa-Mende, and migrated to the area in search of animals around the 1820s. It's suggested that previously, Joko Lamboy, father of Madam Yoko, had previously lived in the land before Kaiyamba's arrival, forcing him to wage war on the warrior, but ultimately ending in Lamboy fleeing, leading to Kaiyamba becoming leader of the land. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Final Results 2004 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Government of Sierra Leone. 2006. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Reed, Tristan (October 20, 2012), The Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone (PDF), USA: Harvard University


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