Koya Monarchy
Kingdom of Koya | |||||||||||||
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| 1450–1898 1990–Present | |||||||||||||
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| Status | State union | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Robertsport | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | English | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Budhism Protestant, later also Christianity and islam | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
• 1450-1515 (first king) | King Niger(Portaguese translation) King Negro | ||||||||||||
• 1618–1668 (signed King James agreement to the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the American colonies)[1] | King Eliab Bai ll (from Kpelle King of Koya) | ||||||||||||
• 1840–1870 | King Moribu Kindo Bai (from AfricanAmericans King of Koya) | ||||||||||||
• 1999–present (absolute monarchy within Liberia) | King Fondren Bai ll[2] | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Federal republic of Liberia[3][4] | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1450 | ||||||||||||
• Sold Western Kingdom of Koya (Sierra leon) | 1775 | ||||||||||||
• Federal republic of Liberia colony | 1868 | ||||||||||||
• ended | 1898 | ||||||||||||
• Reestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Present | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| 2019 [5] | 5,162 km2 (1,993 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 2019 [5] | 200,000 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Grand Cape Mount County | ||||||||||||
The Republic of The Kingdom of Koya is a monarchy history founded on the information given by historical documents[6]
Kingdom of Koya is a subnational kingdom within Liberia. The kingdom of Koya is the African American ethnic group monarchy, Kingdom of Koya is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Liberia, comprising all of the Grand Cape Mount county.
The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone. Its capital was at Cape Mount in what is now modern Liberia.
References[edit]
- ↑ Fondren, Wayne (2019). Kingdom of Koya. King Fondren Bai ll. p. 28. Search this book on
- ↑ "Mary Jimenez". GrandCapeMount.org.
- ↑ "King Fondren Bai ll". Republican Party (Liberia).
- ↑ Fredereck douglas,. end to all slavery: The Years of slavery and kingdom of Koya for Africa's freedom. Free Press, 1990.
- ↑ statistics of Grand Cape Mount https://gadm.org/maps/LBR/grandcapemount.html
- ↑ Liberia History book. ISBN 978-1-389-45745-6. Search this book on
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