Bai Bureh — French Wikipedia

French Wikipedia article on Bai Bureh, born 15 February 1840 at Kasseh and died 24 August 1908 in the same town, the Sierra Leonean chief, military strategist and Muslim religious guide who led the Temne and Loko revolt against British colonial authority in 1898; it recounts his upbringing as son of a Loko ulama and a Temne trader mother, his martial training at Gbendembu and nickname Kebalai, his wars, the Hut Tax War, his surrender, exile and return, paralleling the English article in outline.