Kpana Lewis
Politician
1830 – 1912
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Who was Kpana Lewis?
Kpana Lewis was a Sherbro chief from Sierra Leone and an opponent of colonial rule of the British. He exercised strong influence over all Sherbro chiefs. Part of his fame rested in his pervasive use of the Poro Secret society to oppose the British colonialists. He was considered so powerful that, while Bai Bureh was allowed to return from exile after the 1898 Rebellion, Kpana Lewis continued to be held in exile in the Gold Coast, where he died in 1912.
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- Born
- Apr 18, 1830
Sherbro Island - Religion
- Christianity
- Ethnicity
- Sherbro people
- Profession
- Lived in
- Sherbro Island
- Died
- 1912
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on July 23, 2013
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