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Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (died 1960)

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Adelaide Casely-Hayford

Sierra Leonean educator (1868–1960)

Adelaide Casely-Hayford, was a Sierra Leone Creole advocate, activist of cultural nationalism, teacher, fiction writer, and feminist. Her commitment to public service led her to improving the conditions of black men and women. She played an important role as an advocate of…
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Sierra Leone Creole people

Ethnic group of Sierra Leone

The Sierra Leone Creole people are an ethnic group of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Creole people are descendants of freed African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Liberated African slaves who settled in the Western Area of Sierra Leone between 1787 and about 1885. The colony was…
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Advocate

Profession in the field of law

An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries and legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, in Scottish, Manx, South African,…
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Nationalism

Political ideology that promotes the interests of a nation

Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining its sovereignty…
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June 2

Day of the year

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 212 days remain until the end of the year.
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