Sawula

Village in Pujehun District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone

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Sawula is a village in Pujehun District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone.[1] It is the birthplace of Francis Minah,[2] the second vice-president of Sierra Leone.

It comes from a mendelised phonetic for "Swaray-lah" which means the town/settlement of the Swaray clan a prominent madingo group that started the village. It was close to Massa-a-lah which was founded by the Mansaray clan who claim descendancy from the Keita clan (rulers of ancient Mali empire).

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1. ^ "Sawula, Sierra Leone on the map — exact time, time zone, airports nearby". mw.utc.city. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
2. ^ Fyle, Magbaily C. (2006-03-27). Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone. Scarecrow Press. p. 132. Retrieved 2018-07-09. "francis minah sierra leone."

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