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Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 kono

Sierra Leone’s Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura is considered as the world’s most educated man. Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, who is an author, academic administrator, researcher and scientist holds a B.A. in International Studies, an M.A. in International Affairs, an M.S. in Linguistics, a Ph.D. in Political Science, a Ph.D. in Development Economics, a Ph.D. in Linguistics, a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Dr. Abdul Karim has authored and/or edited 35 books and more than 250 scholarly articles. Dr Abdul Karim can speak 18 languages: English, Temne, Mende, Krio, Fula, Kono, Limba, Sherbro, Kiswahili, Spanish, Italian, French, Arabic, Hebrew, German, and Swedish.

Dr. Abdul Karim was born on August 26, 1953, in Bo, Southern Province of Sierra Leone. His father Alie K***a Bangura was a scion of the Bangura Chiefs of Port Loko, Northern Sierra Leone. Dr Bangura’s father was an engineer. Dr. Abdul Karim had once said in an interview that he is deeply inspired by his father. “My late father inspires my writing, as he taught me to always fight against injustice and tyranny and to promote the cause of the oppressed, depressed, repressed, and suppressed,” he had said.

Dr Abdul Karim went to Independence Primary and Secondary School in Freetown, Sierra Leone before going to the US to become a naturalized citizen of the US. In the US, Dr Abdul Karim received an Associate degree from Northern Virginia Community College in 1978. In 1982, he earned a Bachelor’s and a Master’s of Arts by American University, Washington, D.C., United States. In 1983, he was awarded a Master of Science degree by Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura got a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Howard University, a Master of Science in Linguistics from Georgetown University, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Sciences from the University of Maryland, a Diploma in computer programming from Foley-Belsaw Institute, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Development

Photos of Bo... 1972-1974...

Photos of Bo Teachers College (including CTC campus)... 1974-1975...

Not sure this qualifies as an 'old photo of : List of 70 African immigrants who claimed return passage from Jamaica to Sierra Leone on board the Clarendon. Jamaica, 21 August 1861.
Catalogue reference: CO 137/356/25 folio 189. Crown Copyright

Title: Bai Bureh
Date: 1898
Place: Sierra Leone

Descriptions: Temne leader Bai Bureh is seen here in 1898 after his surrender, sitting relaxed in his traditional dress with a handkerchief in his hands, while a Sierra Leonean West African Regiment soldier stands guard next to him.

Primary school History: Bai Bureh was a warrior who fought against the British, the British made him surrender he ala cottor "Mia - mu" he ala cottor “beki - ton" The “Hut Tax War"