Gbangbatoke
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 49 ′ N , 12 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Sierra Leone | ||
| Southern Province | |||
| District | Moyamba | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SL-S | ||
| Chiefdom | Banta | ||
Gbangbatoke is a place in the Moyamba district in the Southern Province in Sierra Leone, West Africa . It is the headquarters of the Banta Chiefdom .
The village is best known as the birthplace of Milton and Albert Margai , two of the most important political figures in the country's history.
Traditionally the Mende live in Gbangbatoke . Gbangbatoke has one of the few airfields in the country with the Gbangbatoke airfield .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Solomon E. Berewa: A New Perspective on Governance, Leadership, Conflict and Nation Building in Sierra Leone ( en ). AuthorHouse, December 2011, ISBN 9781467888868 , p. 39.
- ^ Neil J. Kritz: Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes ( en ). US Institute of Peace Press, 1995, ISBN 9781878379450 , p. 252.
- ^ David John Harris: Sierra Leone: A Political History ( en ). Oxford University Press, 2014, ISBN 9780199361762 , p. 39.