Lamina Sankoh | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Ethelred Nathaniel Jones 28 June 1884 Gloucester, British Sierra Leone |
| Died | 1964 (aged 79–80) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Resting place | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Political party | Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) |
| Alma mater | Fourah Bay College, Freetown, British Sierra Leone; University of Oxford, Oxford, England |
| Profession | Philosopher, priest, university professor |
Lamina Sankoh (28 June 1884 – 1964), born Etheldred Nathaniel Jones,[1] was a Sierra Leone Creole pre-independence politician, educator, banker and cleric. Sankoh is known most prominently for helping to found the Peoples Party in 1948, one of the first political parties in Sierra Leone. It eventually became the Sierra Leone People's Party.
- ^ Magbaily C. Fyle (2006). Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone. Scarecrow Press. pp. 169–171. ISBN 978-0-8108-6504-4.