Yoni Chiefdom
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The Yoni Chiefdom is a Chiefdom of Sierra Leone located in Tonkolili District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone.{{Cite journal |last=Tarawalie |first=Alusine |date=2019-11-25 |title=THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SYSTEMS IN SIERRA LEONE: ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE YONI CHIEFDOM |url=https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/gs_rp/911 |journal=Research Papers}} It is centred on Yonibana and the Yoni people are part of the Temne and fula ethnic groups.
British invasion of 1887
Francis de Winton led the British Yoni Expedition against the Yoni Chiefdom following a number of disputes with the British allies in the area.{{Cite journal |last=Ijagbemi |first=Adelẹyẹ |title=The Yoni Expedition of 1887: A Study of British Imperial Expansion in Sierra Leone |date=1974 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857011 |journal=Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=241–254 |jstor=41857011 |issn=0018-2540}}
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Category:Chiefdoms of Sierra Leone
Category:Northern Province, Sierra Leone
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