Queen Pokou, or Awura, Aura, or Abla Pokou (reigned c. 1750 - c. 1760) was queen and founder of the Baoule ethnic group in West Africa, now Ivory Coast...
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Pokou is a surname and may refer to: Laurent Pokou (1947-2016), Ivorian footballer Queen Pokou (c. 1730–1750), Queen and founder of the Baoule tribe This...
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Akwa Boni (1708 - died c. 1790), was a sovereign Queen of the Baoulé people. The niece of Queen Pokou, she inherited the throne in around 1760 and ruled...
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1727: 4,000 people were killed during a ceremony in Dahomey. 1750s: Queen Pokou in modern Ivory Coast allegedly sacrificed her son to cross a river....
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Heart of Rwanda (Heinemann AWS, 2002) Reine Pokou (Actes Sud, 2005); translated by Amy B. Reid as Queen Pokou (Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2009) Loin de mon...
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our Ruy Blas, our Curiace... Dervain's 1969 one-act play Abra Pokou was based on Queen Pokou, the mythical founder of the Baoulé people of the Ivory Coast...
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Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2014. "Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa of West Africa's Ashanti Empire". Black History...
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Tano language Baoulé) were the warriors of the left wing of the army of Queen Pokou. The Abbés are an Akan people originating in Ghana, from where they migrated...
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1920s) Baoule Pokou (reigned c. 1750 – c. 1760) – Queen and founder of the Baoule tribe. Akwa Boni (reigned c. 1760 – c. 1790) – Pokou's niece who succeeded...
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Charles Konan Banny Stadium Yamoussoukro 20,000 SO de l'Armée 5 Laurent Pokou Stadium San-Pédro 20,000 FC San Pédro 6 Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium Korhogo...
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native ethnic groups. The Baoulé Kingdom was established c. 1730 by Queen Abla Pokou. It lasted as a tribal kingdom until 1893, with the incorporation of...
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adopted one child, Olivier Antoine, in 1981. Hélène Houphouët-Boigny – Abla Pokou - was legally recognized in 1960 by her father Mister Felix Houphouët-Boigny...
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Nana Abla Pokou in order to cross the River Comoe to escape the partisans of Opoku Ware who were sent to return the partisans of Nana Pokou back into...
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television host and politician. Jackie Pigeaud, 79, French historian. Laurent Pokou, 69, Ivorian footballer (Rennes). Leon Russell, 74, American Hall of Fame...
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